waken
Stir from rest
Waken means to wake up or rouse from sleep: The noise wakened me at dawn.
It's interchangeable with wake or awaken but sounds slightly more literary or old-fashioned.
Like its synonyms, it extends to becoming alert or aware: The experience wakened her to the realities of poverty.
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- arouseTo stimulate or excite
- rouseStir to wakefulness
- stimulateProvoke into activity
- disturbInterrupt or trouble
shake · nudge · jostle · startle · jolt · interrupt · alert · call
Day's first glow
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- daybreakMorning's first light
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- stretchPull to extend
yawn · coffee · bedroom · mattress · pillow · sunlight · birds · early
State of sentient awareness
- realizationGrasping what's true
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- epiphanySudden profound insight
clarity · understanding · perception · mindfulness · cognizance · recognition · discernment · sentience
Become alert again
- rekindleRenew something dormant
- renewMake valid again
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- resurrectRestore after ending
revive · regenerate · rejuvenate · reanimate · resuscitate · rebirth · renaissance · dormant
stir
Mix by circling
disturb · shake · nudge · jostle · startle · jolt · interrupt · alert · call · summon
dawn
Day's first glow
stretch · yawn · coffee · bedroom · mattress · pillow · sunlight · birds · early · freshness
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
- realizationGrasping what's true
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
epiphany · clarity · understanding · perception · mindfulness · cognizance · recognition · discernment · sentience · alert
reawaken
Become alert again
resurrect · revive · regenerate · rejuvenate · reanimate · resuscitate · rebirth · renaissance · dormant · slumbering
wakensleep
Recurring unconscious repose
fall asleep · go to sleep · slumber · drift off · nod off
wakenput to sleep
Induce unconsciousness or death
lull · sedate · soothe · tranquilize · hypnotize
- wake upBecome conscious again
- wake-up callJolt into awareness
- wake up callAlert that demands attention
- in the wake ofOccurring after and because
- wake up and smell the coffeeRecognize the actual situation
- wake me up
awake, awaken, wakeful, awakening, wake, awakes, awakens, wakefulness, wakened