waking

Other forms of waking

plural

wakings·

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 waking

What does waking mean?

waking means "the state of remaining awake". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in waking?

waking has 2 syllables: wa-king. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /ˈweɪkɪŋ/.

What is another word for waking?

Close synonyms include wakeful. 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 waking?

The recorded antonyms are sleeping.

Is waking a common word?

waking 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.