wake up

/weɪk əp/

/weɪk əp/

Other forms: woke up; waking up; waked up; wakes up; woken up

Definitions of wake up

1. verb

   stop sleeping
   synonyms: arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, waken

   antonyms:

   fall asleep

   change from a waking to a sleeping state

   type of:

   change state, turn

   undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
2. verb

   cause to become awake or conscious
   synonyms: arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, waken

   types:

   reawaken

   awaken once again

   bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to

   return to consciousness

   call

   rouse somebody from sleep with a call

   resuscitate, revive

   cause to regain consciousness

   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation