wakeful
The word “wakeful” has 2 syllables: wake-ful
It's pronounced as /ˈweɪk.fəl/
What is synonym and antonym for wakeful?
In the thesaurus, “wakeful” has 31 synonyms and 19 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for wakeful along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for wakeful
- about
- alive
- aroused
- astir
- attentive
- awake
- awakened
- aware
- careful
- conscious
- heedful
- insomniac
- insomnious
- observant
- on guard
- on the alert
- on the lookout
- on the qui vive
- reawakened
- revived
- roused
- rousted
- sleepless
- unsleeping
- up
- vigilant
- wakened
- waking
- wary
- watchful
- wide-awake
Antonyms for wakeful
- asleep
- dormant
- dozing
- dozy
- dreaming
- drowsy
- hypnotized
- mesmerized
- napping
- nodding
- resting
- sleeping
- sleepy
- slumbering
- slumberous
- slumbrous
- somnolent
- unawakened
- unaware
Meanings of wakeful
- adjective
- Awake; not sleeping.
- Sleepless.
- Vigilant and alert; watchful.
Example Sentences
- Despite her exhaustion, she remained wakeful throughout the night due to anxiety.
- The baby's teething kept her wakeful for hours on end.
- The medication had a side effect of making him more wakeful than usual.
- The watchman's job required him to be wakeful during the graveyard shift.
- The wakeful hours before dawn allowed her to reflect deeply on her life choices.
On this page you'll find 50 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wakeful, such as: about, alive, aroused, asleep, astir, attentive, awake.
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Related Words
about
- abroad
- across
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- within an inch of
observant
- Argus-eyed
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- on the qui vive
- on tiptoe
- open-eyed
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- sleepless
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- vigilant
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- wide-awake
waiting on
- acute
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- anxious
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- babying
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- mollycoddling
- mothering
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- spoiling
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- unsleeping
- vigilant
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- wide-awake
- with bated breath
- with eyes peeled
- with weather eye open
wakened
- about
- agitated
- alert
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- arose
- aroused
- astir
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- conscious
- disturbed
- excited
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- insomniac
- knocked up
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- revived
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- watched
- wide-awake
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watchful
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- all ears
- argus-eyed
- attentive
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- sleepless
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- tenty
- unsleeping
- vigilant
- wakeful
- wary
- wide-awake
- with eyes peeled