Awaken
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English
Verb
Awaken (third-person singular simple present awakens, present participle awakening, simple past awoke, past participle awoken)
- (transitive) To cause to become awake.
- (transitive) To cause to become conscious.
- (intransitive) To stop sleeping.
Synonyms for Awaken
Antonyms for Awaken
- (stop sleeping): fall asleep
- put to sleep, quiet, calm, stupefy.
Thesaurus
alert; annoy; arouse; awake; awaken to; be begotten; be born; be incarnated; become alive to; become aware of; become conscious of; bestir; blow the coals; blow up; break the spell; burst the bubble; call forth; call up; challenge; come alive; come into being; come into existence; come to; come to know; come to life; correct; debunk; disabuse; disappoint; disenchant; disillude; disillusion; disillusionize; enkindle; enlighten; enrage; excite; expose; fan; fan the fire; fan the flame; feed the fire; fire; flame; foment; frenzy; get hep to; get next to; get up; get wise to; have it reported; heat; impassion; incense; incite; inflame; infuriate; key up; kindle; knock up; lather up; learn; let down easy; let in on; light the fuse; light up; live again; madden; move; overexcite; pique; prick the bubble; put straight; quicken; raise; raise up; rally; reanimate; resurge; resuscitate; return to life; revive; rise again; rouse; see the light; set astir; set fire to; set on fire; set right; set straight; shake up; show up; steam up; stir; stir the blood; stir the embers; stir the feelings; stir up; summon up; tell the truth; turn on; unblindfold; uncharm; undeceive; unspell; wake; wake up; waken; warm; warm the blood; whet; whip up; work into; work up
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪkən
