awake

DEFINITIONS OF: awake

“lay awake thinking about his new job”

“still not fully awake”

Synonyms: alert, watchful
engaged in or accustomed to close observation; astir, up
out of bed; awakened
(somewhat formal) having been waked up; insomniac, sleepless, watchful
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; unsleeping, wide-awake
fully awake; wakeful, waking
marked by full consciousness or alertness; aware, cognisant, cognizant
(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; conscious
knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts

Antonyms:: asleep
in a state of sleep; at rest
in a state of repose or especially sleep; dormant, hibernating, torpid
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; dozy, drowsing, drowsy
half asleep; fast asleep, sound asleep
sleeping deeply; hypnoid
of or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis; sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded
ready to fall asleep; slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent
inclined to or marked by drowsiness; unawakened
still asleep; incognizant, unaware
(often followed by `of') not aware; unconscious
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; show more antonyms...

“awake to the dangers of her situation”

“was now awake to the reality of his predicament”

: aware, cognisant, cognizant
(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception

Antonyms:: dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off
change from a waking to a sleeping state

Type of:: change state, turn
undergo a transformation or a change of position or action

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