awake

Adj

1. (not-comparable, predicative) Not asleep; conscious.
2. (broadly, figuratively, not-comparable, predicative) Alert, aware.

Verb

1. (intransitive, predicative) To become conscious after having slept.
2. (predicative, transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
3. (predicative, transitive) To make aware of something.
4. (predicative, transitive) To excite or to stir up something latent.
5. (figuratively, predicative, transitive) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
6. (figuratively, intransitive, predicative) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.

Opposite of

asleep, unconscious, awake, heedless, oblivious, fall asleep, awaken, wake, wake up, put to sleep

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈweɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: awake

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: woak

Cognate with German: wach

Inherited from Middle English: awaken

Inherited from Old English: āwacan

In summary

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

wake up

wake

alert

awaken

waken

arouse

rouse

watchful

conscious

sleepless

wakeful

vigilant

rise from sleep

arise

waking

come alive

alive

open-eyed

awakened

not sleeping

aware

be awake

lively

clever

argus-eyed

wide-awake

up and about

smart

get up

stay awake

merry

observant

parlous

politic

realize

recollect

revive

rise

rose

🌹

roused

sharp

sharp-witted

sit up

sober

spiffy

stand

stand up

start

stay

unsleeping