Synonyms for wake up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : weyk-uhp

Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪkˌʌp

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Définition of wake up

Origin : "state of wakefulness," Old English -wacu (as in nihtwacu "night watch"), related to watch; and partly from Old Norse vaka "vigil, eve before a feast," related to vaka "be awake" (cf. Old High German wahta "watch, vigil," Middle Dutch wachten "to watch, guard;" see wake (v.)). Meaning "a sitting up at night with a corpse" is attested from early 15c. (the verb in this sense is recorded from mid-13c.). The custom largely survived as an Irish activity. Wakeman (c.1200), which survives as a surname, was Middle English for "watchman."

As in arise : verb get, stand, or go up
As in arouse : verb excite, entice
As in awake : verb become alert or cause to rise from sleep
As in resuscitate : verb revive
As in revive : verb start again; bring back to life
As in rouse : verb wake
As in rouse : verb stimulate, excite
As in stimulate : verb excite, provoke
As in turn out : verb get out of bed
As in wake/waken : verb stop sleeping
As in rise and shine : verb get out of bed
As in reanimate : verb revive
As in reawaken : verb revive
As in resurrect : verb revive
As in revitalize : verb revive
As in revivify : verb revive
As in waken : verb wake
As in enliven : verb inspire, vitalize
As in excite : verb inspire; upset

Example sentences :

But if I show him to you he will wake up, and who knows if he will go to sleep again.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

But sooner or later, boy, this country will wake up to what it has done.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Wake up Dick there, and let him take his turn at the tiller.
Extract from : « St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. » by Various

At night, when you wake up in the dark, you think they are coming in.
Extract from : « W. A. G.'s Tale » by Margaret Turnbull

She wondered if God had forgotten to wake up the world—and then she slept.
Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd

I dream about it nights and wake up with my arms around the bedpost.
Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln

If this is a part of your dream, Jonadab, I wish you'd turn over and wake up.
Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln

So far from sleeping, the captain was just beginning to wake up.
Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln

You wake up in the morning, and there it is—bright and clear and shining.
Extract from : « The Man the Martians Made » by Frank Belknap Long

Wake up and tell me what you mean by sleeping when I told you to work.
Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Antonyms for wake up

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