awake

1. 1.

   stop sleeping

   “She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock”

   Synonymswake uparouseawakenwakecome alivewaken

   Broaderchange state

Other forms of awake

past tense or participle

awoke

past tense or participle

awoken

present participle

awaking·

third person

awakes·

comparative

awaker·

superlative

awakest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about awake

What does awake mean?

awake means "not in a state of sleep; completely conscious". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in awake?

awake has 2 syllables: a-wake. The stress falls on "wake". In IPA it is /əˈweɪk/.

What is another word for awake?

Close synonyms include alert, alive, wake up, arouse, awaken. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of awake?

The recorded antonyms are asleep.

Is awake a common word?

awake is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with awake?

2 words rhyme with awake. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.