awakening

Meanings

Plural: awakenings

Noun

• the act of waking
  • "it was an early awakening"
• The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
• A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
• Being roused into action or activity.
• The act of becoming aware of something.

Verb

• cause to become awake or conscious
• stop sleeping
• make aware
• present participle and gerund of awaken

Adj

• Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting

Synonyms

arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, rouse, wake, wake up, waken, wakening, waking up

Antonyms

cause to sleep, fall asleep

Anagrams of awakening