wakeful
1
4.6
- adjective
- /ˈweɪkfəl/
:
despierto
- After a long day, I found myself awake and wakeful in the quiet of the night.
- a wakeful night
- wakeful period
Examples
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She felt wakeful after her afternoon coffee, unable to sleep despite the late hour.
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That night, as they lay in the darkness, rigid and wakeful, each could feel the pressure of the other's thoughts.
Fiction book (1992) -
Dear Lord, give us rest tonight, or if we must be wakeful, cheerful.
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Joe had risen at four after a troubled sleep with many wakeful periods.
Fiction book (1993) -
I was wakeful all night long, watching the clock in anticipation of the big event.
Blog text (20) -
The child was wakeful after his nap, ready to play and explore.
Synonyms
38
3.1
Not able to sleep during the night
26
2.7
Completely alert and not at all sleepy
24
2.0
Aware of what is happening and ready to respond
1
9.0
Awake and alert after sleep
1
7.5
Being awake at night and not able to sleep
1
7.4
You feel very tired after staying awake all night
1
7.8
Always awake and watching
Not asleep and aware of your surroundings
Antonyms
How Awake
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wakeful comes from an old English root wake, meaning 'to be awake', the same root you see in awake, and the ending -ful, which means 'full of'. So, wakeful means 'full of wake' — not asleep or sleeping lightly and easy to wake.