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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1. Jeff Carbone:

   I think we can use a great Star Wars analogy and say that' the force' will awaken and The Fed will raise that quarter percent today, now we've got to look at how Fed Chair Janet Yellen raises rates. Is it going to be too fast, or too slow or just right ?

2. Javier Milei:

   I did not come here to guide lambs. I came here to awaken lions.

3. H.W. Mann:

   The truth is within all of us. We all come from the same source. We are part of it. And therefore, we have knowledge of it. When we awaken, and we all will eventually, then we will know what we have always known. We are one.

4. Moses Valmont:

   good and bad!!..we always get mixed with the real truths and paths concerning this two with fanaticism and hypocrisy. till darkness envelopes and you awaken to the father to learn about the real truths. but I pray ye to desire to be with his flock or face condemnation....just do what thou wilt ,conscience and his laws being your compass!!

5. Isoroku Yamamoto, After Pearl Harbor, Japanese Admiral:

   I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.