Synonyms of wakeful

wakeful

adjective

ˈwāk-fəl 

as in awake

not sleeping or able to sleep

the mother remained wakeful until her child returned home

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wakeful

Lauren Goode: Who among us doesn't want to have a nap gently guided by our wakeful rhythm? —Lauren Goode, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025

Low to medium doses show a reduction in the alpha frequency of brain waves (which correspond to relaxed and wakeful states), along with rising entropy, a signature finding of sober brains sinking deeper into a trip. —Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024

Having the right pillow can make a big difference between a peaceful night’s sleep and a restless, wakeful one. —Casey Clark, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024

If bed and only bed will do, change up the environment for sleep vs. wakeful time. —Lisa Strauss, Washington Post, 28 July 2024

Even in these moments of wakeful rest, your brain continues to rehearse and replay the past. —Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 May 2024

That wakeful process is an essential part of creating a permanent memory. —Linda Carroll, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024

The team then applied zap and zip with this threshold value (of 0.31) to a distinct set of patients with severe disorders of consciousness—those either in a minimally conscious state or in an unresponsive wakeful one. —Christof Koch, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2017

That’s thanks to the array of soothing sounds this machine offers, plus the timer function that shuts it off without causing a wakeful disturbance. —Kayla Blanton, Health, 19 July 2023