wake-up

Snap to alertness

Wake-up functions as a modifier meaning intended to rouse someone from sleep or complacency: a wake-up call, a wake-up alarm.

A wake-up call can be a hotel service or a jarring experience that forces awareness: The diagnosis was a wake-up call about his lifestyle.

Wake-up also appears in military contexts for the time until departure: thirty days and a wake-up.

morning

dawn

Day's first glow

bedroom · pajamas · slippers · yawning · stretching · grogginess · bleary · drowsy · pillow · blanket

trigger

alarm

Urgent warning signal

  • sirenWailing alert device
  • hornPointed animal headgear
  • bellHollow resonating instrument

chime · beep · buzz · knock · shout · splash · thunder · clap · bang · scream

routine

shower

Water spray for bathing

shaving · makeup · dressing · commute · hygiene · meditation · yoga · exercise · newspaper · planning

realization

epiphany

Sudden profound insight

awareness · recognition · understanding · eye-opener · reckoning · sobering · enlightenment · disillusionment

energizing

caffeine

Methylxanthine stimulant compound

refreshing · stimulation · revitalization · alertness · pep · brisk · animated · boost · espresso · splash

Categories
Opposites
consciousness transition

wake-upbedtime

Designated hour for retiring

lights out · fall asleep · falling asleep · go to sleep · dozing off

alertness state

wake-upsleep

Recurring unconscious repose

slumber · drowsiness · unconsciousness · stupor · torpor

metaphorical awareness

wake-upobliviousness

Lack of awareness

self-deception · denial · delusion · head in the sand · ignorance

Family

awake, awaken, wakeful, awakening, wake, waken, wakefulness, wake-up call, wakened

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G