Synonyms: come alive, wake, wake up, waken, arouse, awake, awaken
Definition: stop sleeping
Usage: She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
Similar words: turn, change state
Definition: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Usage: We turned from Socialism to Capitalism; The people turned against the President when he stole the election
Synonyms: awake
Definition: not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
Usage: lay awake thinking about his new job; still not fully awake
Definition: out of bed
Usage: are they astir yet?; up by seven each morning
Similar words: awakened
Definition: (somewhat formal) having been waked up
Usage: the awakened baby began to cry
Similar words: watchful, insomniac, sleepless
Definition: experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
Usage: insomniac old people; insomniac nights; lay sleepless all night; twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights- Shakespeare
Similar words: wide-awake, unsleeping
Definition: fully awake
Usage: the unsleeping city; so excited she was wide-awake all night
Similar words: wakeful, waking
Definition: marked by full consciousness or alertness
Usage: worked every moment of my waking hours
Definition: mentally perceptive and responsive
Usage: an alert mind; alert to the problems; alive to what is going on; awake to the dangers of her situation; was now awake to the reality of his predicament
Similar words: cognisant, cognizant, aware
Definition: (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
Usage: was aware of his opponent's hostility; became aware of her surroundings; aware that he had exceeded the speed limit