Synonyms of the word

wake

• v. (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
• v. (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive…
• v. To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
• v. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
• v. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
• v. (obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch.
• v. (obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
• n. (obsolete, poetic) The act of waking, or state of being awake.
• n. The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
• n. A period after a person's death before the body is buried, in some cultures accompanied by a party.
• n. (historical, Church of England) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication…
• n. The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
• n. The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
• n. (figuratively) The area behind something, typically a rapidly moving object.
• n. A number of vultures assembled together.

aftermath

• n. (obsolete, or farmers' jargon) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the…
• n. That which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying…

alarm

• n. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
• n. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention;…
• n. A sudden attack; disturbance.
• n. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly,…
• n. A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
• n. An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
• v. (transitive) To call to arms for defense.
• v. (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger.
• v. (transitive) To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
• v. (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil;…
• v. (transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.

alert

• adj. Attentive; awake; on guard.
• adj. (obsolete) Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
• n. An alarm.
• n. A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
• v. To give warning to.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

arouse

• v. To stimulate feelings.
• v. To sexually stimulate.
• v. To wake from sleep or stupor.

awake

• adj. Not asleep; conscious.
• adj. (by extension) Alert, aware.
• v. (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
• v. (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
• v. (transitive) to excite or to stir up something latent.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.

awaken

• v. (transitive) To cause to become awake.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
• v. (intransitive) To stop sleeping.
• v. Rare passive participle of awake.

backwash

• n. (nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
• n. The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
• n. The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
• n. The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
• v. To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

consequence

• n. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
• n. A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.
• n. A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results…
• n. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
• n. Importance with respect to what comes after.
• n. The power to influence or produce an effect.
• n. (especially when preceded by "of") Importance, value, or influence.
• v. (transitive) To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.

effect

• n. The result or outcome of a cause. See usage notes below.
• n. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
• n. Execution; performance; realization; operation.
• n. (cinematography) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect").
• n. (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced…
• n. (physics, psychology, etc.) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
• n. (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
• n. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
• n. (obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
• n. (obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.
• v. To make or bring about; to implement.
• v. Misspelling of affect.

elicit

• v. To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or…
• v. To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
• v. To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason; deduce; construe.
• adj. (obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

enkindle

• v. To kindle; to arouse or evoke.

event

• n. An occurrence; something that happens.
• n. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
• n. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
• n. (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating…
• n. (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
• n. (obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
• n. (medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.
• v. (obsolete) To occur, take place.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To expose to the air, ventilate.

evoke

• v. To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

fire

• n. (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon…
• n. (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained…
• n. (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
• n. (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered a one of…
• n. (countable, Britain) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
• n. (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
• n. (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun.
• n. Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
• n. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
• n. Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
• n. (countable) A button (on a joypad, joystick or similar device) usually used to make a video game character…
• v. (transitive) To set (something) on fire.
• v. (transitive) To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
• v. (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
• v. (transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct…
• v. (transitive) To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse or stream of something).
• v. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon.
• v. (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
• v. (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
• v. (intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
• v. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
• v. To animate; to give life or spirit to.
• v. To feed or serve the fire of.
• v. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
• v. (farriery) To cauterize.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
• adj. (slang) Amazing.
• interj. A cry of distress indicating that something is on fire.
• interj. A signal to shoot.

heat

• n. (uncountable) Thermal energy.
• n. (uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
• n. (uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
• n. (uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
• n. (uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.
• n. (uncountable, slang) The police.
• n. (uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.
• n. (countable, baseball) A fastball.
• n. (uncountable) A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore…
• n. (countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
• n. (countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to…
• n. (countable) A hot spell.
• n. (uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
• n. (uncountable) The output of a heating system.
• v. To cause an increase in temperature of an object or space; to cause something to become hot (often with…
• v. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
• v. To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
• v. To arouse, to excite (sexually).

ignite

• v. (transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something).
• v. (transitive) to spark off (something), to trigger.
• v. (intransitive) to commence burning.
• v. (chemistry, transitive) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible…

inflame

• v. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
• v. (figuratively) To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural…
• v. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
• v. To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.
• v. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
• v. To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

island

• n. A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
• n. An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
• n. A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
• n. A traffic island.
• n. (government) An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.
• n. (grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.
• v. (transitive) To surround with water; make into an island.
• v. (transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands.
• v. (transitive) To isolate.

issue

• n. The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly.
• n. Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly.
• n. The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly.
• n. The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly.
• n. The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly.
• n. Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly.
• n. The action or an instance of concluding something, particularly.
• n. The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly.
• n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of feeling some emotion.
• n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition.
• n. (figuratively, originally WWI military slang, usually with definite article) All of something.
• v. To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
• v. To rush out, to sally forth.
• v. To extend into, to open onto.
• v. To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
• v. (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
• v. To send out; to put into circulation.
• v. To deliver for use.
• v. To deliver by authority.

kindle

• v. (intransitive, of a rabbit or hare) To bring forth young; to give birth.
• n. (rare, collective) A group of kittens.
• v. (transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To begin to grow or take hold.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

outcome

• n. That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.
• n. (probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.
• n. (education) The results or evidence of students' learning experience. Often used in place of desired outcomes.
• n. (chiefly sports) The scoreline; the result.

provoke

• v. (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
• v. (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
• v. (obsolete) To appeal.

raise

• v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
• v. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
• v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
• v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof…
• v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or…
• v. (computing) To throw (an exception).
• n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
• n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
• n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
• n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
• n. A cairn or pile of stones.

result

• v. To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances,…
• v. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; followed by in.
• v. (law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
• v. (obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.
• n. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is…
• n. The fruit, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
• n. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
• n. (obsolete) A flying back; resilience.
• n. (sports) The final score in a game.
• n. (by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.
• interj. (Britain) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.

rouse

• n. An arousal.
• n. (military, Britain and Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers…
• v. To wake or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
• v. To provoke (someone) to anger or action.
• v. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
• v. (nautical) To pull by main strength; to haul.
• v. (obsolete) To raise; to make erect.
• v. (slang, when followed by "on") To tell off; to criticise.
• n. An official ceremony over drinks.
• n. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
• n. Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper.

turn

• v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
• v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
• v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
• v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
• v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
• v. (archaic) To translate.
• n. A change of direction or orientation.
• n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
• n. A single loop of a coil.
• n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
• n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
• n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
• n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
• n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
• n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
• n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
• n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
• n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
• n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
• n. A deed done to another.
• n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
• n. Character; personality; nature.
• n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

upshot

• n. (US) A concise summary.
• n. The final result, or outcome of something.

viewing

• v. present participle of view.
• n. An instance of viewing something.
• n. A wake.

vigil

• n. An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
• n. A period of observation or surveillance at any hour.
• n. The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
• n. A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.

waken

• v. (transitive) To awake or rouse from sleep; to stir.
• v. (intransitive) To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.

watch

• n. A portable or wearable timepiece.
• n. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
• n. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
• n. A person or group of people who guard.
• n. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
• n. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty:…
• n. (nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the…
• n. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
• v. (transitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
• v. (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
• v. (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
• v. (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
• v. (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
• v. (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
• v. (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
• v. (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.

wave

• v. (intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly.
• v. (intransitive) To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the head) in greeting or departure.
• v. (transitive, metonymically) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion,…
• v. (intransitive) To have an undulating or wavy form.
• v. (transitive) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
• v. (transitive) To produce waves to the hair.
• v. (intransitive, baseball) To swing and miss at a pitch.
• v. (transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
• v. (transitive, metonymically) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
• v. (intransitive, ergative) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
• n. A moving disturbance in the level of a body of water; an undulation.
• n. (physics) A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
• n. A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
• n. (figuratively) A sudden unusually large amount of something that is temporarily experienced.
• n. A sideway movement of the hand(s).
• n. A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of…
• v. Obsolete spelling of waive.