Synonyms for waking
wak·ing

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1. wakingadjective

   the state of remaining awake

   "days of danger and nights of waking"

   Antonyms:
   sleeping, asleep(p)

2. waking, wakefuladjective

   marked by full consciousness or alertness

   "worked every moment of my waking hours"

   Synonyms:
   argus-eyed, open-eyed, light, vigilant, wakeful

   Antonyms:
   sleeping, asleep(p)

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1. List of paraphrases for "waking":

   awake, awakening, wake

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1. Lisa Christie:

   After a while, Mr. Cosby started getting fresh. He was touching me and rubbing my leg. The next thing I remember was waking up in my car, my head hanging down from the seat, alone, i knew I was drugged because I threw up and I never threw up or drank too much. I believe that he must have put something in my drink while we were closing up the place.

2. Janice McGeachin:

   People are waking up to what has been happening for some time already in our institutions of higher learning for sure and looking at evidence of it in our K-12 schools.

3. Heath Boackle:

   He calls for backup and tells the man to stay in the car, but he didn't, the last thing the officer remembers is getting sucker-punched in a parking lot. The next thing, he's waking up in a hospital bed with staples in his head.

4. Rebecca Robbins:

   Sleep is an artifact of our waking lives, if you're experiencing hardship, trauma or something unsettling happening... those events loom large for our sleep.

5. Elizabeth Gaskell:

   My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling.