The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - awake v.

1) wake (up) , awaken, get up, rouse or bestir oneself: When I awoke, she was standing over me with a pistol. 2) awaken, animate, arouse, rouse, stimulate, revive, incite, excite, activate, alert, stir up, fan, kindle, ignite, fire: Marches awaken my sense of patriotism. 3) awake to. awaken to, wake up to, realize, understand, become aware or conscious of: I finally awoke to the fact that my tax return was overdue. --adj. 4) up, aroused, roused, wide awake, up and about, alert, on the alert, on the qui vive, watchful, on guard, attentive, conscious; heedful, alive: I'm always awake a few minutes before the alarm goes off.