Antonyms of verb awaken
1 of 3 senses of awaken
Sense 1
awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse -- (cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM.")
Antonym of cause to sleep (Sense 1)
=> cause to sleep -- (make fall asleep; "The soft music caused us to fall asleep")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb awaken
3 senses of awaken
Sense 1
awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse -- (cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM.")
=> change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")
Sense 2
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")
Sense 3
awaken -- (make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts")
=> affect, impress, move, strike -- (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd")