Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun awakening

1 sense of awakening

Sense 1
awakening, wakening, waking up -- (the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most")
       => arousal, rousing -- (the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions")

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")