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Synonyms for wake

awaken

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wake up to something

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in the wake of

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for wake

to cease sleeping

a watch over the body of a dead person before burial

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something that follows or is drawn along behind

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Synonyms for wake

the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii

the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward

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a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial

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be awake, be alert, be there

arouse or excite feelings and passions

make aware of

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Wake Up, a well known name in Publishing World, is a traditional California based publishing house that handles all the intricacies involved in publishing its authors' books since 1994.
In some areas, people can be seen raising their voices to wake people up.
Such commentary also bolsters two of Verene's main points: that Finnegans Wake contains nuances that critics have missed, and that those nuances reveal both Joyce's philosophical acuity and his playful sense of humor.
By this point, it's clear to the player (and eventually Wake himself) that the character we control isn't the real Wake.
Through the conceit of four chapters titled, "The Wake," "The Ship," "The Hold," and "The Weather," Sharpe models "wake work," clarifying a praxis of Black life and living despite the quotidian antiblack violence that threads everything from natural disaster rescue missions to city street policing.
If you wake up and check the time then you may then calculate your hours of sleep and how tired you might feel the next day.
University of New Hampshire climatologist Cameron Wake is once again warning owners of homes in coastal areas that climate change could very well mean the end of their property.
Macomber sets sail on Commander Peter Wake's twelfth sea adventure, this time cruising his venerable US Navy hero into Caribbean intrigue between the United States, Spain, and Imperial Germany.
North Carolina Treasurer Janet Cowell visited Wake Technical Community College to present the college with an award for its commitment to worksite wellness.
Given the number of factors influencing ship wakes listed above, it is difficult to accurately predict the wake impact at a particular stretch of the coastline even if parameters related to ship route, ship dimensions, and ship speed are known.
All pilots and controllers know about wake turbulence, the vortices streaming out and downward from an airplane's wingtips anytime it's generating lift.
It's a struggle for a lot of people to wake up in the morning, especially if it's backed up by the momentum of a fun and relaxing weekend.
Like most choices I make, the way I wake up is mostly the product of unexamined habit.