awake

awake is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
2. transitive verb. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.
3. intransitive verb. To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.
4. adjective. Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.
5. verb. stop sleeping

   "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

   Synonyms: arouse, awaken, wake, waken

6. adjective. not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

   "lay awake thinking about his new job"

   "still not fully awake"

7. adjective. mentally perceptive and responsive

   "an alert mind"

   "alert to the problems"

   Synonyms: alert, alive

Synonyms

arouse, awaken, wake, waken, alert, alive

Common word forms

awaked, awakes, awaking, awakeable

Words from these letters

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