waker
1
7.9
A person who gets up from sleep
- noun
- /ˈweɪkər/
:
despertador
- She hired a professional waker to gently rouse her from sleep for an early flight.
Examples
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Where's my waker?
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We have a waker, sir.
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We have a waker!
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My alarm clock is my waker; it helps me get up in the morning.
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The bright sunlight streaming through the window acted as a natural waker for the sleeping children.
Synonyms
riser
vswaker
10
4.6
A person who regularly gets out of bed at a certain time
is about becoming awake generally rather than timing leaving bed
rouser
vswaker
9
7.9
A person who wakes others from sleep or gets them moving
is about becoming awake oneself rather than causing action in others
upriser
vswaker
1
7.7
A person who gets up early in the morning
is about becoming awake rather than simply standing from sitting
natural riser
vswaker
1
5.8
A person who wakes up early without an alarm
is anyone who becomes awake, not only those who do so early without alarm
arouser
vswaker
8.8
A person who wakes other people from sleep
is about becoming awake oneself rather than making others alert
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Waker is made from wake ('to stop sleeping') plus the ending -er, so it simply means 'one who wakes' — someone who wakes up or becomes awake.