Thesaurus:wake

Thesaurus

wake

English

Verb

(intransitive)

Sense: to become conscious after having slept

Synonyms

• abraid
• arise
• arouse    [⇒ thesaurus]
• awake    [⇒ thesaurus]
• awaken    [⇒ thesaurus]
• get up
• rise
• rouse
• stir (poetic)
• wake
• wake up
• waken

Idioms/Phrases

• pull an all-nighter
• rise and shine
• show a leg (nautical)

Antonyms

• fall asleep    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sleep    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• disentrance
• get up with the chickens (idiomatic)
• start
•   —
• come around
• come round
• come to
• come to one's senses (idiomatic)

Various

• lark
• owl
• all-nighter
• reveille
• yawn

See also

• Thesaurus:awaken (transitive verb)
• Thesaurus:awake (adjective)
• Thesaurus:wakefulness (noun)
• Thesaurus:enliven

Further reading

• “682. activity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “wake” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.