Synonyms for awaken
əˈweɪ kənawak·en

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1. awakenverb

   To stop sleeping.

   Synonyms:
   stir, awake

   Antonyms:
   fall asleep

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1. awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouseverb

   cause to become awake or conscious

   "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

   Synonyms:
   kindle, excite, bestir, put forward, awake, heat, energize, come alive, provoke, commove, inflame, rout out, perk up, agitate, energise, enkindle, wake up, stir, wake, elicit, conjure, brace, stimulate, fire, arouse, drive out, fire up, bring up, conjure up, raise, waken, turn on, call down, charge, wind up, call forth, invoke, charge up, rouse, ignite, evoke, sex, force out, stir up

   Antonyms:
   cause to sleep

2. wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, wakenverb

   stop sleeping

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

   Synonyms:
   kindle, excite, put forward, awake, heat, come alive, provoke, inflame, perk up, enkindle, wake up, stir, wake, elicit, energise, stimulate, fire, arouse, fire up, bring up, conjure up, ignite, raise, waken, turn on, call down, energize, wind up, call forth, invoke, rouse, brace, evoke, sex, conjure, stir up

   Antonyms:
   cause to sleep

3. awakenverb

   make aware

   "They were awakened to the sad facts"

   Synonyms:
   wake up, waken, rouse, come alive, arouse, awake, wake

   Antonyms:
   cause to sleep

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1. awakenverb

   Synonyms:
   awake, wake, rouse from sleep

2. awakenverb

   Synonyms:
   arouse, excite, kindle, spur, incite, stimulate, provoke, stir up

3. awakenverb

   Synonyms:
   wake, waken, be awakened, be roused from sleep

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1. awakenverb

   Synonyms:
   wake, awake, rouse, arouse, excite

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1. List of paraphrases for "awaken":

   awake, arouse, wake

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How to use awaken in a sentence?

1. White House:

   It would also awaken every American to this simple fact: if this scourge has not found you or your family yet, without bold action by everyone, it soon will, you, Mr. President, are the only person who can bring this type of intensity to the emergency, and we believe you have the will to do so and to do so immediately.

2. James Joyce:

   History is a nightmare from which we are trying to awaken.

3. George S. Arundale:

   The conqueror and king in each of us is the Knower of truth. Let that Knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen.

4. Albert Camus:

   When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

5. Colin Turner:

   It can be a bit off-putting. Many people are overwhelmed, and it raises their hopes. It must be clearly communicated who can stay. We mustn't awaken false hopes.