Awaken

/əˈweɪkən/

Synonyms for "awaken" (200 found)

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Closest matches (40)

Noun(3 words)
alertannoyarouseawakeawaken tobe begottenbe bornbe incarnatedbecome alive tobecome aware ofbecome conscious ofbestirblow the coalsblow upbreak the spellburst the bubblecallcall forthcall upchallenge
Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (60)

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exaltexciteexposefanfan the firefan the flamefeed the firefindfireflamefomentfrenzygetget hep toget next toget upget wise tohave it reportedheatimpassionincenseinciteinflameinfuriatekey up
Adjective(1 words)
icelandic vakna

Related words (100)

kindleknockknock uplather uplearnlet down easylet in onlight the fuselight uplive againmaddenmoveoverexcitepiquepokeprick the bubblepromptprovokeput straightquicken
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raiseraise uprallyreanimaterecallrecollectrefreshresurgeresuscitatereturn to lifereviveriserise againrousesee the lightset astirset fire toset on fireset rightset straightshake upshow upsnapspursteam upstirstir the bloodstir the embersstir the feelingsstir upsummon uptell the truthturn onunblindfolduncharmundeceiveunspellvitalizewakewake upwakenwarmwarm the bloodwhetwhip upwork intowork up

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

13 entries

More specific

12 entries
awarenesscompassioncuriositygradual awakeninginstant activationinterestnight awakeningrealizationrecognitionstandby exitsudden awakeningsystem wakeup

Collocations

6 entries
awaken attentionawaken curiosityawaken emotionsawaken interestawaken memoriesawaken senses

Inflections

5 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Antonyms

1 entries
cause to sleep

Translations

20 translations across 13 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • արթնացնել verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)

Danish

1 entries
  • vække verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)

Estonian

1 entries
  • äratama verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)

Finnish

2 entries
  • havahduttaa verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)
  • herättää verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)

Georgian

1 entries
  • გაღვიძება verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)

German

2 entries
  • erwachen verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)
  • wecken verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • felkelt verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)
  • felébreszt verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)
  • kelt verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)
  • ébreszt verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)

Latin

1 entries
  • excito verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • vekke verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • acordar verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)

Russian

2 entries
  • пробуди́ть verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)
  • пробужда́ть verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)

Spanish

1 entries
  • despertar verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)

Turkish

2 entries
  • ayıltmak verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)
  • canlandırmak verb (transitive: to cause to become conscious)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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This book will awaken your imagination.

Source: tatoeba (57111)

Those who look outward dream, but those who look inward awaken.

Source: tatoeba (1634796)

If a piece of knotted string can unleash the wind, and if a drowned man can awaken, then I believe a broken man can heal.

Source: tatoeba (2444260)

May I awaken within the dream and grasp the fact that I am dreaming so that all dream-like beings may likewise awaken from the nightmare of illusory suffering and confusion.

Source: tatoeba (2495447)

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