Words Like AWAKENING

We have put together a list of words that are similar to AWAKENING.

3 Alternative Words Similar to awakening

1 Wakening Noun      Synonym Words Like Wakening
2 Arousal Noun      Synonym Words Like Arousal
3 Reveille Noun      Hyponym

2 examples of awakening

1 the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
2 it was the waking up he hated most

10 definitions of awakening

1 Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting
2 The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
3 the act of waking
4 The act of awaking from sleep.
5 An arousing from what is like sleep; a revival of interest in, or attention to, what has been neglected.
6 Especially A revival of religion, either in an individual or in a community: a use of the word derived from the Scripture symbol of sin as death or sleep, and conversion as resurrection or awakening.
7 Rousing; alarming: as, an awakening sermon.
8 Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
9 The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
10 A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
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