'awake' definitions:
Definition of 'awake'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake" [ant: asleep(p)]
adjective
Mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament" [syn: alert, alive(p), awake(p)]
verb
Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off]
Synonyms of 'awake'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- activate,
- agile,
- alert,
- alive,
- animate,
- annoy,
- apprehensive,
- arouse,
- aroused,
- attentive,
- au courant,
- awake to,
- awaken,
- awaken to,
- be begotten,
- be born,
- be incarnated,
- blow the coals,
- blow up,
- bright,
- call forth,
- call up,
- clear-sighted,
- clear-witted,
- clearheaded,
- cognizant,
- come alive,
- come into being,
- come into existence,
- come to,
- come to life,
- conscious,
- conversant,
- enkindle,
- enrage,
- excite,
- excited,
- fan,
- fan the fire,
- fan the flame,
- feed the fire,
- fire,
- flame,
- foment,
- frenzy,
- get up,
- heat,
- heedful,
- ignite,
- impassion,
- incense,
- incite,
- inflame,
- infuriate,
- keen,
- key up,
- kindle,
- knock up,
- knowing,
- lather up,
- light the fuse,
- light up,
- live again,
- madden,
- move,
- nimble,
- on guard,
- on the,
- on the alert,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- overexcite,
- prompt,
- qui vive,
- quick,
- quicken,
- ready,
- realize,
- reanimate,
- resurge,
- resuscitate,
- return to life,
- revive,
- rise again,
- rouse,
- roused,
- see the light,
- sensible,
- sentient,
- set astir,
- set fire to,
- set on fire,
- shake up,
- sharp,
- sleepless,
- smart,
- steam up,
- stimulate,
- stir,
- stir the blood,
- stir the embers,
- stir the feelings,
- stir up,
- stirred up,
- summon up,
- turn on,
- unblinking,
- understand,
- unnodding,
- unsleeping,
- unwinking,
- up,
- up and about,
- vigilant,
- wake,
- wake up,
- wakeful,
- waken,
- warm,
- warm the blood,
- watchful,
- whip up,
- wide awake,
- wide-awake,
- work into,
- work up