Antonyms for awake
əˈweɪkawake

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.8 / 6 votes

1. awakeadjective

   Not asleep; conscious.

   Synonyms:
   awaken, wake up, lucid, wide awake, conscious

   Antonyms:
   fall asleep, asleep, unconscious

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. awake

   Vigilant implies more sustained activity and more intelligent volition than alert; one may be habitually alert by reason of native quickness of perception and thought, or one may be momentarily alert under some excitement or expectancy; one who is vigilant is so with thoughtful purpose. One is vigilant against danger or harm; he may be alert or watchful for good as well as against evil; he is wary in view of suspected stratagem, trickery, or treachery. A person may be wakeful because of some merely physical excitement or excitability, as through insomnia; yet he may be utterly careless and negligent in his wakefulness, the reverse of watchful; a person who is truly watchful must keep himself wakeful while on watch, in which case wakeful has something of mental quality. Watchful, from the Saxon, and vigilant, from the Latin, are almost exact equivalents; but vigilant has somewhat more of sharp definiteness and somewhat more suggestion of volition; one may be habitually watchful; one is vigilant of set purpose and for direct cause, as in the presence of an enemy. Compare ALERT.

   Antonyms:
   careless, drowsy, dull, heedless, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, thoughtless, unwary

   Synonyms:
   alert, careful, cautious, circumspect, on the alert, on the lookout, sleepless, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide-awake

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.5 / 4 votes

1. awake(p)adjective

   not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

   "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake"

   Antonyms:
   incognizant, unaware

2. alert, alive(p), awake(p)verb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   incognizant, unaware

3. wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, wakenverb

   stop sleeping

   "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

   Antonyms:
   unaware, incognizant

   Synonyms:
   kindle, excite, put forward, heat, come alive, provoke, inflame, perk up, enkindle, wake up, stir, wake, elicit, energise, stimulate, fire, arouse, fire up, bring up, conjure up, ignite, raise, waken, turn on, call down, energize, wind up, call forth, invoke, rouse, awaken, brace, evoke, sex, conjure, stir up

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. awake

   Synonyms:
   Fully aroused

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exhaustion

   Submitted by anonymous on February 24, 2020  

How to use awake in a sentence?

1. Tom Emmer:

   I think this is going to be a very good election because people are awake, they're paying attention, i really think we're going to have a good election.

2. Joseph Heller, Catch 22:

   so convincing were those dreams of being awake that he woke from them in a state of complete exhaustion, and had to go straight back to sleep again.

3. Laura Janes:

   Lots of them are awake all night and sleeping in the day, it's very common thing that happens when you're locked in a small space without any stimuli for a long time.

4. Bob Allard:

   He's accepted responsibility. He's told us the truth of what happened in that room. The others have not, they're still standing by their claim that Audrie was awake and consented to their acts.

5. Natalie Dautovich:

   Light plays a very important role in helping us to feel alert and awake, so when we wake up during the dark period, that's not our body's natural desire, and so to help with that, make sure to be exposed to sufficient bright light during the day, especially during the morning, to help with those feelings of alertness.

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