Synonyms of awakened

awakened 1 of 2

adjective

as in roused

Related Words

• roused
• wakened
• aroused
• awake
• wakeful
• sleepless
• rousted
• wide-awake
• insomniac
• aware
• about
• revived
• conscious
• astir
• reawakened
• up

Dissimilar Words

• sleeping
• dormant
• asleep
• unawakened
• resting
• drowsy
• sleepy
• nodding
• somnolent
• slumbering
• dreaming
• slumberous
• napping
• dozing
• dozy
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

awakened

2 of 2

verb

past tense of awaken

1

as in woke

to cause to stop sleeping

be quiet or you'll awaken the kids

Synonyms & Similar Words

• woke
• awoke
• roused
• wakened
• aroused
• knocked up
• revived
• reawakened
• stirred
• raised
• disturbed
• rousted
• routed
• stimulated
• provoked
• excited
• agitated
• bestirred
• rewaked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulled
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

2

as in awoke

to cease to be asleep

guests at the B and B usually awaken to the smell of fresh pancakes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awoke
• woke
• roused
• wakened
• aroused
• rose
• watched
• arose
• reawakened
• rolled out
• revived
• turned out
• got up
• stirred
• uprose
• rewaked
• shifted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slept
• nodded
• rested
• dozed
• slumbered
• dropped off
• retired
• napped
• snoozed
• turned in
• conked (off or out)
• couched
• bedded (down)
• flopped
• slept in
• catnapped
• lay up
• sacked out
• overslept
• kipped (down)
• dossed (down)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of awakened

Adjective

Angine desperately returns to the store, again and again, to get her fix from Malaise, her face reddening from blood just below the surface, a canvas of her awakened desire. —The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025

Verb

But beneath the ice, something terrifying has awakened. —Katie Campione, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026

The commotion awakened the victim’s mother, who rushed in, causing the suspect to burst out of the home and flee, authorities said. —Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026

And following a tradition that dates back to the Apollo program, the crew was awakened each day by a different song, picked from a list that the astronauts had selected beforehand. —Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026

One night, Altman took an Ambien, only to be awakened by his husband, an Australian coder named Oliver Mulherin, who told him that Sutskever was wavering, and that people were telling Altman to speak with the board. —Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

The four astronauts will be awakened after about four hours to perform an additional engine firing that will put Orion into the correct orbital geometry for its translunar injection (TLI) burn on flight day 2. —Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026

Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max have settled back into a normal life of D&D, snowball fights, and quiet days, but beneath the ice, something terrifying has awakened. —Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026

Cynthia Trevino, a resident for 27 years, said she’s been awakened at 3 and 4 in the morning by planes that fail to follow the airport’s voluntary noise abatement program. —Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026

But beneath the ice, something terrifying has awakened. —Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026