Synonyms of the word

waken

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

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.

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.

modify

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

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.

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.