awake
Verb
Verb Forms: awaked, awoke, awoken, awaking, awakes
- To rouse from sleep; to become alert.
- stop sleeping
- To become conscious after having slept.
- To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
- To make aware of something.
- To excite or to stir up something latent.
- To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
- To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
Adjective
- not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
- "lay awake thinking about his new job"
- "still not fully awake"
Adjective Satellite
- mentally perceptive and responsive
- "awake to the dangers of her situation"
- "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"
Adj
- Not asleep; conscious.
- Alert, aware.
Examples
- A sudden rush of coffee helped me awake to the possibilities on the board.
- They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English awake, a shortened form of awaken (“awakened, awake”), past participle of Middle English awaken (“to awaken”). See verb below. Compare Saterland Frisian woak (“awake”), German Low German waak (“awake”), German wach (“awake”).
Synonyms
alert, alive, arouse, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken, abraid, arise, awake, aware, bring round, caffeinated, conscious, cry, get up, heedful, hip, invigorated, invigorating, knock up, lively, lucid, observant, on guard, on the lookout, on the watch, on watch, rise, rouse, roust, stir, uprouse, vigilant, wakeful, wakesome, wary, watchful, wide awake, woke
Antonyms
asleep, fall asleep, awake, awaken, heedless, oblivious, put to sleep, unconscious, wake, wake up
Scrabble Score: 12
awake: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordawake: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
awake: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary