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Woken

/ˈwəʊkən/

(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

📖 Definitions of "Woken"

verb

1
(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
"I woke up at four o'clock this morning."
2
(often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
"The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream."
3
To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
4
To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
awakeverb	Not asleep; conscious.
awakenverb	(intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake.
awakened	Having been woken up.
awokenverb	(nonstandard, rare) Misspelling of awaken. [(transitive) To cause to become awake.]
reawakened	Being awakened again.
rousedverb	(transitive) To wake (someone) from sleep, or from apathy.
wakenverb	(intransitive) To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir.
wokifyverb	(transitive, slang, often derogatory) To make (something or someone) woke (politically correct; holding progressive views or attitudes).
wake upnoun	(intransitive) To stop sleeping; to awake.
unsleepverb	To be wakeful.
rewakeverb	(ambitransitive) To wake again.
bewakeverb	(transitive) To awaken thoroughly; keep awake.
rousenoun	(military, British and Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.
rewakenverb	(archaic) To awaken again; to rewake
wisennoun	(intransitive) To become wise or wiser.
arouseverb	(transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique.
reawakenverb	(transitive) To reactivate or reanimate.
reawakeverb	To wake up again.
uprouseverb	(transitive) To rouse up; rouse from sleep; awake; arouse.
wise upverb	(informal, intransitive) To become informed; to inform oneself of something, or come to a realization.