Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb awake

1 sense of awake

Sense 1
wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken -- (stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock")
       => change state, turn -- (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election")

Antonyms of adj awake

2 senses of awake

Sense 1
awake (predicate) (vs. asleep) -- (not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake")

asleep(predicate) (vs. awake) -- (in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel")
        => at rest (prenominal) -- (in a state of repose or especially sleep)
        => dormant, hibernating (prenominal), torpid -- (in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs")
        => drowsy, drowsing (prenominal), dozy -- (half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair")
        => fast asleep (predicate), sound asleep (predicate) -- (sleeping deeply; "lying fast asleep on the sofa"; "it would be cruel to wake him; he's sound asleep")
        => hypnoid -- (of or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis)
        => sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded -- (ready to fall asleep; "beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"; "sleepyheaded students")
        => slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent -- (inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a somnolent effect")
        => unawakened -- (still asleep)

Sense 2
alert, alive (predicate), awake (predicate) -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA aware) -> unaware, incognizant -- ((often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known")

Similarity of adj awake

2 senses of awake

Sense 1
awake (predicate) (vs. asleep) -- (not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake")
       => astir (predicate), up (predicate) -- (out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning")
       => awakened -- ((somewhat formal) having been waked up; "the awakened baby began to cry")
       => insomniac, sleepless, watchful -- (experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare)
       => unsleeping, wide-awake -- (fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night")
       => waking, wakeful -- (marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours")
          Also See-> alert#1, watchful#1; aware#1, cognizant#1, cognisant#1; conscious#2

Sense 2
alert, alive (predicate), awake (predicate) -- (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")
       => aware (predicate) (vs. unaware), cognizant, cognisant -- ((sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit")