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awaken

DEFINITIONS OF: awaken

1

v cause to become awake or conscious

Synonyms:
arouse, rouse, wake, wake up, waken
Antonyms:
cause to sleep
make fall asleep
Types:
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reawaken
awaken once again
bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to
return to consciousness
call
rouse somebody from sleep with a call
resuscitate, revive
cause to regain consciousness
Type of:
alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

v make aware

“They were awakened to the sad facts”
Type of:
affect, impress, move, strike
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

v stop sleeping

Synonyms:
arouse, awake, come alive, wake, wake up, waken
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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