awaken

Verbs

(v) cause to become awake or conscious
- He was roused by the drunken men in the street
- Please wake me at 6 AM.
waken, wake up, rouse, arouse, wake,
(v) stop sleeping
- She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
awake, come alive, arouse, wake, waken, wake up,
(v) make aware
- They were awakened to the sad facts

Synonyms

waken wake up rouse arouse wake awake come alive

Antonyms

cause to sleep dope off doze off drift off drowse off fall asleep flake out nod off drop off

Words of close approximity

awake

awakened awakening