awaken
Come to consciousness
Awaken means to wake up or rouse from sleep: A noise awakened me at three in the morning.
It extends to stirring any dormant state—awakening memories, suspicions, or desires.
The word carries a slightly more literary or dramatic tone than wake: The experience awakened something in her.
A spiritual or political awakening marks a profound shift in consciousness or understanding.
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- rouseStir to wakefulness
- ariseCome into being
- riseMove to higher position
- alertnessActive mental awareness
consciousness · grogginess · slumber · drowsy · stretch · yawn · morning · alarm
To stimulate or excite
- activateCause to function
- provokeIncite a response
- inciteUrge toward action
- galvanizeStimulate into action
invigorate · stir · motivate · inspire · kindle · ignite · excite · trigger
Renew something dormant
- reviveRestore consciousness or vigor
- renewMake valid again
- regenerateRestore by regrowing
- rejuvenateRestore youthful vigor
restore · reanimate · reinvigorate · resurrect · resurgence · renaissance · rebirth · stir
Sudden profound insight
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- realizationGrasping what's true
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- understandingMental comprehension of something
clarity · revelation · enlightenment · comprehension · perceive · recognize · discern · discover
Profound spiritual awakening
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- gnosisExperiential sacred understanding
kundalini · bodhi · samadhi · illumination · mystical · consciousness · meditation · rebirth
stir
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alertness · consciousness · grogginess · slumber · drowsy · stretch · yawn · morning · alarm · snooze
arouse
To stimulate or excite
galvanize · invigorate · stir · motivate · inspire · kindle · ignite · excite · trigger · spur
rekindle
Renew something dormant
- reviveRestore consciousness or vigor
- renewMake valid again
- regenerateRestore by regrowing
rejuvenate · restore · reanimate · reinvigorate · resurrect · resurgence · renaissance · rebirth · stir · spark
epiphany
Sudden profound insight
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- realizationGrasping what's true
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
understanding · clarity · revelation · enlightenment · comprehension · perceive · recognize · discern · discover · grasp
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
gnosis · kundalini · bodhi · samadhi · illumination · mystical · consciousness · meditation · rebirth · transformation
sunrise
Morning light's arrival
cockcrow · early · horizon · glow · aurora · dew · freshness · birdsong · rooster
awakensleep
Recurring unconscious repose
fall asleep · slumber · doze off · drift off · nod off
awakenlull
Temporary period of quiet
put to sleep · sedate · tranquilize · anesthetize · hypnotize
- wide awakeTotally alert and attentive
- stay awakeNot fall asleep
- rude awakeningStartling unpleasant realization
- staying awake
- be awakeState of consciousness
- was awakeNot in slumber
awake, awakening, awakened, awakens, reawaken, reawakening, awakenings, reawakened, awaked