Definitions

wide-awake

[wahyd-uh-weyk] / ˈwaɪd əˈweɪk /

ADJECTIVE

fully awake

Synonyms

WEAK

active alert all ears attentive bright bright-eyed and bushy-tailed fast on the draw heads up intelligent lively on guard on one's toes on the ball on the job on the lookout psyched-up quick ready sharp spirited vigilant watchful wide-eyed wired

Example Sentences

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She does provide intricate detail about, for instance, how the station’s drinking water gets recycled from everyone’s urine, or how “the wide-awake, always-awake station vibrates with fans and filters.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023

Here, for instance, is one of many passages in which our wide-awake heroine, Emma Averell, tries and fails to fall asleep:

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2022

According to the wide-awake folks at Partners Coffee, the ideal ratio of coffee to water is 1:15.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2022

Soon enough you’ll be looking for a happy, wide-awake emoji with stars in its eyes.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

“Here’s a landscape!” thought Laurie, peeping through the bushes, and looking wide-awake and good-natured already.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

wide-awake

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