Awake

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈweɪk/
• Rhymes: -eɪk

Origin

From Middle English awaken, from Old English awacan, from a- (intensive prefix) + wacan ("wake").

Full definition of awake

Adjective

1. Not asleep; conscious.
2. (by extension) Alert, aware.

Synonyms

• (conscious) conscious, lucid, wide awake

Antonyms

• (conscious) asleep, unconscious

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
2. (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
• 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVI:Than the good man awaked Sir Galahad and bade him aryse ....
3. (transitive) to excite or to stir up something latent.
4. (transitive, figurative) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
5. (intransitive, figurative) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
• FreemanThe national spirit again awoke.
• Bible, 1 Corinthians xv. 34Awake to righteousness, and sin not.

Synonyms

• (to gain consciousness) awaken, wake up,

Antonyms

• (to gain consciousness) fall asleep

Derived terms

• awaker