Antonyms of noun waking

1 sense of waking

Sense 1
waking -- (the state of remaining awake; "days of danger and nights of waking")
       Antonym of sleeping (Sense 1)
      => sleeping -- (the state of being asleep)

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

1 sense of waking

Sense 1
waking -- (the state of remaining awake; "days of danger and nights of waking")
       => consciousness -- (an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness")

Antonyms of verb wake

1 of 5 senses of wake

Sense 1
wake -- (be awake, be alert, be there)
       Antonym of sleep (Sense 1)
      => sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's -- (be asleep)

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

5 senses of wake

Sense 1
wake -- (be awake, be alert, be there)

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
inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up -- (arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred")
       => arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke -- (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy")

Sense 4
wake -- (make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation")
       => alarm, alert -- (warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries")

Sense 5
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")

Antonyms of adj waking

1 sense of waking

Sense 1
waking, wakeful -- (marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours")

INDIRECT (VIA awake) -> asleep -- (in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel")

Similarity of adj waking

1 sense of waking

Sense 1
waking, wakeful -- (marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours")
       => awake (predicate) (vs. asleep) -- (not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake")

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