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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become alert or cause to rise from sleep |
| Synonyms: | arise, awaken, call, gain consciousness, get up, roll out, rouse, stir, wake, wake up |
| Antonyms: | go to sleep, sleep |
| Main Entry: | awaken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make conscious or alert |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, awake, call, enliven, excite, fan, incite, kindle, pile out, provoke, rally, revive, rise and shine, roll out, rouse, show a leg, stimulate, stir up, turn out, vivify, wake |
| Antonyms: | deaden, go to sleep, hypnotize |
| Main Entry: | get up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mount; get out of bed |
| Synonyms: | arise, ascend, awake, awaken, climb, increase, move up, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, scale, spring out, stand, turn out, uprise, upspring |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up; ascend |
| Synonyms: | arise, arouse, aspire, awake, be erect, be located, be situated, blast off, bob up, climb, come up, get out of bed, get steeper, get to one's feet, go uphill, grow, have foundation, levitate, lift, mount, move up, pile out, push up, reach up, rise and shine, rise up, rocket, roll out, rouse, scale, sit up, slope upwards, soar, sprout, stand up, straighten up, surface, surge, surmount, sweep upward, tower, turn out, up*, upspring |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' |
| Antonyms: | descend, lower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wake |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awake, awaken, call, get up, raise, rise, stir, wake up |
| Antonyms: | nap, sleep |
| Main Entry: | stir |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up and going |
| Synonyms: | awake, awaken, be up and about, bestir, budge, exert, get a move on, get moving, hasten, look alive, make an effort, mill about, move, rouse, shake a leg, wake, waken |
| Antonyms: | laze, rest, wait |
| Main Entry: | wake/waken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop sleeping |
| Synonyms: | arise, awake, awaken, be roused, bestir, bring to life, call, come to, get out of bed, get up, nudge, open one's eyes, prod, rise, rise and shine, roll out, rouse, shake, stir, stretch, tumble out, turn out, wake up |
| Antonyms: | nap, sleep |
| Main Entry: | up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boost |
| Synonyms: | ascend, awake, increase, jump, raise, rise |
| Main Entry: | uprise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up |
| Synonyms: | arise, ascend, awake, awaken, climb, get to one's feet, increase, move up, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, scale, spring out, stand, turn out, upspring |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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