wakens
Becomes conscious again
Wakens is a form of waken, meaning to wake or awaken.
The three verbs are nearly interchangeable, though waken sounds slightly more literary: The noise wakens her every morning.
Like its synonyms, it works both ways—you can waken someone, or waken on your own.
Blends by circling
- inspiresFills with creative urge
- activatesCauses to function
- ignitesCauses to burn
- kindlesStarts a fire
triggers · evokes · summons · arouses · stimulates · excites · galvanizes · provokes
Causes to awaken
shakes · nudges · prompts · triggers · startles · jostles · disturbs · interrupts
Day's first glow
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- daybreakMorning's first light
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- roosterMale domestic fowl
coffee · sunlight · stretching · yawning · early · freshness · birdsong · bedroom
State of perceiving reality
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- sentienceCapacity for subjective experience
clarity · realization · recognition · lucidity · attentiveness · mindfulness · acuity · sharpness
Restores vigor or consciousness
- rekindlesIgnites again after fading
- renewsMakes valid again
- restoresReturns to previous state
- resurrectsRestores to life
reawakens · reinvigorates · regenerates · rejuvenates · refreshes · resuscitates · reignites · sparks
stirs
Blends by circling
kindles · triggers · evokes · summons · arouses · stimulates · excites · galvanizes · provokes
rouses
Causes to awaken
rouses · shakes · nudges · prompts · triggers · startles · jostles · disturbs · interrupts · breaks
dawn
Day's first glow
rooster · coffee · sunlight · stretching · yawning · early · freshness · birdsong · bedroom · pillow
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
sentience · clarity · realization · recognition · lucidity · attentiveness · mindfulness · acuity · sharpness · focus
revives
Restores vigor or consciousness
resurrects · reawakens · reinvigorates · regenerates · rejuvenates · refreshes · resuscitates · reignites · sparks · animates
wakensputs to sleep
Causes unconsciousness or rest
lulls · sedates · knocks out · tranquilizes · drifts off
- 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, awakened, waken, wakefulness, wakened