awake

/əˈweɪk/

#13,221 of the most-used English words

adjective

1. Not asleep; conscious.
2. (by extension) Alert, aware.
   "They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales."

Similar: conscious, lucid, wide awake, wary, woke

verb

1. To become conscious after having slept.
2. To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
3. To excite or to stir up something latent.
4. To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.

Similar: awaken, wake up, bring round, cry, wake up