wakens

The word “wakens” has 2 syllables: wa-kens

It's pronounced as /ˈweɪkənz/


What is synonym and antonym for wakens?

In the thesaurus, “wakens” has 75 synonyms and 28 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for wakens along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for wakens

  • activate
  • agitates
  • animate
  • arise
  • arises
  • arouse
  • arouses
  • awake
  • awaken
  • awakens
  • awakes
  • be roused
  • bestir
  • bestirs
  • bring to life
  • call
  • challenge
  • come to
  • disturbs
  • enliven
  • excites
  • fire
  • fire up
  • freshen
  • galvanize
  • get out of bed
  • get up
  • gets up
  • grasp
  • jazz up
  • key up
  • kindle
  • knocks up
  • notice
  • nudge
  • pep up
  • prod
  • provoke
  • provokes
  • quicken
  • raises
  • rally
  • reawakens
  • renew
  • revives
  • rewakes
  • rise
  • rise and shine
  • rises
  • roll out
  • rolls out
  • rouse
  • rouses
  • rousts
  • routs
  • see
  • shake
  • shifts
  • steam up
  • stimulates
  • stir
  • stir up
  • stirs
  • stretch
  • switch on
  • tumble out
  • turn out
  • turns out
  • understand
  • uprises
  • wake up
  • wakes
  • watches
  • whet
  • zip up

Antonyms for wakens

  • calm
  • catnaps
  • couches
  • deaden
  • discourage
  • dissuade
  • dozes
  • drops off
  • flops
  • go to sleep
  • hypnotizes
  • lies up
  • lull
  • lulls
  • mesmerizes
  • nap
  • naps
  • nods
  • oversleeps
  • rests
  • retires
  • sacks out
  • sleep
  • sleeps
  • sleeps in
  • slumbers
  • snoozes
  • turns in

Meanings of wakens

  • verb
    1. To wake or rouse from sleep.
    2. To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir.

Example Sentences

  • The aroma of freshly brewed coffee wakens me each morning with anticipation.
  • As the first light of dawn wakens the world, the birds begin their joyful chorus.
  • The gentle touch of a lover's hand wakens emotions long dormant within the soul.
  • The distant rumble of thunder wakens a sense of excitement as a storm approaches.
  • A new idea wakens in the mind, sparking creativity and inspiration.

On this page you'll find 103 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wakens, such as: activate, agitates, animate, arise, arises, arouse, arouses.

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kick-starts

  • jump-starts
  • reactivates
  • reanimates
  • recharges
  • refreshens
  • refreshes
  • regenerates
  • reinvents
  • rejuvenates
  • rekindles
  • renews
  • restarts
  • resurrects
  • resuscitates
  • revitalizes
  • revives
  • revivifies
  • rewakens
  • rewakes

quickens

  • abets
  • accelerates
  • activates
  • actuates
  • aids
  • animates
  • arouses
  • awakens
  • awakes
  • boosts
  • braces
  • bundles
  • buoys
  • charges
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  • fast-tracks
  • ferments
  • fillips
  • fires
  • foments
  • fortifies
  • galvanizes
  • goads
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  • hurries
  • impels
  • incites
  • inflames
  • infuses
  • inspires
  • instigates
  • invigorates
  • juices up
  • jump-starts
  • kindles
  • lifts
  • motivates
  • motives
  • moves
  • prods
  • propels
  • provokes
  • pushes
  • races
  • raises
  • rallies
  • reactivates
  • reanimates
  • reawakens
  • reawakes
  • recharges
  • recreates
  • reenergizes
  • refreshens
  • refreshes
  • regenerates
  • reinvigorates
  • rejuvenates
  • rekindles
  • renews
  • restimulates
  • resurrects
  • resuscitates
  • revitalizes
  • revives
  • rouses
  • rushes
  • sets off
  • sparks
  • spikes
  • spurs
  • steels
  • stimulates
  • stirs
  • strengthens
  • triggers
  • turns on
  • urges
  • vitalizes
  • vivifies
  • whisks

wakes

  • admonishes
  • advises
  • agitates
  • alerts
  • apprises
  • arises
  • arouses
  • augurs
  • awakens
  • awakes
  • bestirs
  • bodes
  • cautions
  • disturbs
  • excites
  • forbodes
  • forebodes
  • forecasts
  • foreshadows
  • foretells
  • foretokens
  • forewarns
  • gets up
  • harbingers
  • informs
  • knocks up
  • notifies
  • portends
  • predicts
  • presages
  • prognosticates
  • prophesies
  • provokes
  • raises
  • reawakens
  • revives
  • rewakes
  • rises
  • rolls out
  • rouses
  • rousts
  • routs
  • shifts
  • stimulates
  • stirs
  • turns out
  • uprises
  • wakens
  • warns
  • watches

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