Synonyms for awaken
əˈweɪ kənawak·en

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1. awakenverb

   To stop sleeping.

   Synonyms:
   stir, awake

   Antonyms:
   fall asleep

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1. awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouseverb

   cause to become awake or conscious

   "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

   Synonyms:
   kindle, excite, bestir, put forward, awake, heat, energize, come alive, provoke, commove, inflame, rout out, perk up, agitate, energise, enkindle, wake up, stir, wake, elicit, conjure, brace, stimulate, fire, arouse, drive out, fire up, bring up, conjure up, raise, waken, turn on, call down, charge, wind up, call forth, invoke, charge up, rouse, ignite, evoke, sex, force out, stir up

   Antonyms:
   cause to sleep

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

   stop sleeping

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

   Synonyms:
   kindle, excite, put forward, awake, 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, brace, evoke, sex, conjure, stir up

   Antonyms:
   cause to sleep

3. awakenverb

   make aware

   "They were awakened to the sad facts"

   Synonyms:
   wake up, waken, rouse, come alive, arouse, awake, wake

   Antonyms:
   cause to sleep

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1. awakenverb

   Synonyms:
   awake, wake, rouse from sleep

2. awakenverb

   Synonyms:
   arouse, excite, kindle, spur, incite, stimulate, provoke, stir up

3. awakenverb

   Synonyms:
   wake, waken, be awakened, be roused from sleep

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1. awakenverb

   Synonyms:
   wake, awake, rouse, arouse, excite

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1. List of paraphrases for "awaken":

   awake, arouse, wake

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How to use awaken in a sentence?

1. James Joyce:

   History is a nightmare from which we are trying to awaken.

2. Sharon Holland:

   I can't imagine this announcement would be made in a public press conference if there was going to be something that was going to awaken and evoke the rawness of all of this once again, i don't think we would be hearing it spoken in that venue if that were the case.

3. Frank Herbert:

   Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

4. Jeff Carbone:

   I think we can use a great Star Wars analogy and say that' the force' will awaken and The Fed will raise that quarter percent today, now we've got to look at how Fed Chair Janet Yellen raises rates. Is it going to be too fast, or too slow or just right ?

5. Albert Einstein:

   It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.