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, awaken, waken
    
2. Cause to become awake or conscious
   "Please wake me at 6 AM"; "The alarm clock woke up the entire household";
   - awaken, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
    
3. Be awake, be alert, be there
   "The guard woke all night, watching for intruders"
    
4. To alert someone to something
   "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"
    
5. Arouse or excite feelings and passions
   "Wake old feelings of hatred";
   - inflame, stir up, ignite, heat, fire up

Derived forms: wakings

See also: awake

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

Antonym: cause to sleep, sleeping

Encyclopedia: Waking