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

There’s a flash of light, and a wind blows over the stunned, awakened audience. — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2026

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

That day in August, the woman was awakened by Ross, who was enraged by a photo she was tagged in on Instagram, according to Ross’ arrest report. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Like Harvey, Williams was asleep when she was awakened by a phone call from her husband, who was out of town. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Of course, be sure to call 911 immediately if the child is unconscious or cannot be awakened, is having difficulty breathing, has a seizure, or is experiencing another life-threatening symptom. — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Judy Heumann’s story also awakened a different understanding in Heder herself. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

The film starts in Paris but Taro’s story begins in her native Leipzig in 1932, where Gerta Pohorylle, as she is then known, is a young woman whose political conscience is awakened by the rise of fascism. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026

This case has awakened debates about infanticide laws, which provide legal defenses only to mothers who kill their infant. — Dr. Susan Hatters Friedman, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

She was awakened in the middle of the night by her barking dog and the sound of a woman screaming in the street. — City News Service, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

Residents in DuPage County were awakened by tornado sirens early Tuesday morning that were activated accidentally, officials said. — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026