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1. Marked by full consciousness or alertness
   "worked every moment of my waking hours";
   - wakeful

1. The state of remaining awake
   "days of danger and nights of waking"

1. Stop sleeping
   "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock";
   - wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, come alive, waken
    
2. Cause to become awake or conscious
   "Please wake me at 6 AM.";
   - awaken, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
    
3. Be awake, be alert, be there
    
4. Arouse or excite feelings and passions
   "Wake old feelings of hatred";
   - inflame, stir up, ignite, heat, fire up
    
5. To alert someone to something
   "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"

Derived forms: wakings

See also: awake

Type of: alarm, alert, alter, arouse, change, change state, consciousness, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, fire, kindle, modify, provoke, raise, turn

Antonym: sleep, sleeping

Encyclopedia: Waking