Synonyms for wake up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : weyk-uhp |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪkˌʌp |
Top 10 synonyms for wake up Other synonyms for the word wake up
- accelerate
- activate
- aggravate
- agitate
- alert
- anger
- animate
- arise
- arouse
- ascend
- ask for it
- be roused
- bestir
- bounce back
- brace up
- breathe new life into
- brighten
- bring around
- bring back to life
- bring to
- bring to life
- buck up
- bug
- build a fire under
- call
- chafe
- challenge
- cheer
- cheer up
- climb
- come around
- come to
- come to life
- comfort
- commove
- console
- craze
- deepen
- discompose
- disturb
- divert
- dynamize
- elate
- electrify
- elicit
- emerge
- encourage
- energize
- enhance
- enkindle
- enliven
- entertain
- evoke
- excite
- exhilarate
- fan
- feed the fire
- fire
- fire up
- fluster
- foment
- foster
- gain consciousness
- galvanize
- get going
- get one going
- get one started
- get out of bed
- get up
- give a lift
- give life to
- give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
- gladden
- goad
- grab
- greet the day
- hearten
- heat up
- heighten
- hook
- impel
- incite
- induce
- inflame
- infuriate
- innervate
- innerve
- inspire
- inspirit
- instigate
- intensate
- intensify
- invigorate
- irritate
- jar
- jazz
- jazz up
- jolt
- juice
- juice up
- jump
- key up
- kindle
- let sunshine in
- madden
- magnify
- make waves
- make whole
- mock
- motivate
- mount
- move
- move upward
- needle
- nudge
- offend
- open one's eyes
- overcome
- pep up
- perform CPR
- perk
- perk up
- pick up
- pile out
- pique
- please
- precipitate
- prod
- prompt
- provoke
- put pep into
- quicken
- raise
- rally
- reactivate
- reanimate
- reawaken
- recondition
- recover
- recreate
- redouble
- refresh
- rejuvenate
- rekindle
- relieve
- renew
- renovate
- repair
- restore
- resurrect
- resuscitate
- revitalize
- revivify
- rile
- rise
- rise and shine
- roll out
- rouse
- save
- send
- set up
- shake
- shake a leg
- show up
- snap out of it
- soar
- solace
- spark
- spice
- spice up
- spirit
- spring up
- spur
- stand
- start
- startle
- steam up
- stimulate
- stir
- stir up
- strengthen
- stretch
- support
- taunt
- tease
- thrill
- titillate
- touch off
- touch up
- tower
- trigger
- tumble out
- turn on
- turn out
- up and at 'em
- uprise
- urge
- vex
- vitalize
- vivificate
- vivify
- wake
- wake up
- waken
- warm
- whet
- whip up
- work up
- worry
- zap
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
- 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
- agitate
- aid
- annoy
- appease
- assist
- block
- bore
- break
- bring down
- calm
- cease
- comfort
- compose
- cool
- damage
- dampen
- deaden
- decline
- decrease
- delay
- depart
- depress
- descend
- destroy
- deter
- disappear
- discourage
- disenchant
- dishearten
- dispirit
- dissuade
- disturb
- drop
- dull
- end
- enervate
- exhaust
- fall
- fatigue
- fix
- go down
- go to sleep
- halt
- help
- hide
- hinder
- hurt
- ignore
- injure
- kill
- lay
- leave
- lessen
- let go
- lie
- lose
- lower
- lull
- make happy
- moderate
- nap
- neglect
- pacify
- please
- praise
- prevent
- put out
- quiet
- reassure
- receive
- regress
- release
- repress
- retard
- ruin
- sadden
- sit
- sleep
- slow
- slump
- soften
- soothe
- stop
- subdue
- suppress
- tire
- tranquilize
- trouble
- turn off
- upset
- weaken
- worry
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