Synonyms of wakes

wakes

verb

present tense third-person singular of wake

1

as in awakens

to cause to stop sleeping

my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awakens
• awakes
• rouses
• wakens
• arouses
• stirs
• raises
• disturbs
• knocks up
• revives
• provokes
• reawakens
• rousts
• stimulates
• routs
• excites
• bestirs
• agitates
• rewakes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulls
• hypnotizes
• mesmerizes

2

as in awakes

to cease to be asleep

I woke with a start when the door slammed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awakes
• awakens
• wakens
• rouses
• rises
• arouses
• watches
• arises
• rolls out
• reawakens
• turns out
• stirs
• gets up
• revives
• uprises
• rewakes
• shifts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sleeps
• rests
• nods
• dozes
• slumbers
• drops off
• snoozes
• beds (down)
• naps
• retires
• turns in
• conks (off or out)
• flops
• couches
• sleeps in
• catnaps
• kips (down)
• lies up
• sacks out
• dosses (down)
• oversleeps

3

as in warns

to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk

a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warns
• alerts
• advises
• informs
• cautions
• forewarns
• predicts
• notifies
• foretells
• presages
• admonishes
• prophesies
• apprises
• tips (off)
• forecasts
• augurs
• prognosticates
• foreshadows
• portends
• bodes
• forebodes
• harbingers
• forbodes
• foretokens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risks
• imperils