Thesaurus:wake

Thesaurus:wake

THESAURUS

wake

English

Verb

(intransitive)

Synonyms

• arise

• arouse    [WS]

• awake    [WS]

• awaken    [WS]

• get up

• rise

• rouse

• stir (poetic)

• wake

• wake up

• waken

Idioms/Phrases

• pull an all-nighter

• rise and shine

• show a leg (nautical)

Antonyms

• fall asleep    [WS]

• sleep    [WS]

Hyponyms

• disentrance

• get up with the chickens (idiomatic)

• start

•   —

• come around

• come round

• come to

• come to one's senses (idiomatic)

Various

• lark

• owl

• all-nighter

• reveille

• yawn

See also

• Thesaurus:awaken (transitive verb)
• Thesaurus:awake (adjective)
• Thesaurus:wakefulness (noun)
• Thesaurus:enliven

Further reading

• “682. activity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “wake” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.