awaken

Verb

• make aware
  • They were awakened to the sad facts
    

• stop sleeping
  • She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
    

• cause to become awake or conscious
  • He was roused by the drunken men in the street
    
  • Please wake me at 6 AM.
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  wake up , awake , arouse , wake , come alive , waken , rouse
• Antonyms: 
  fall asleep , dope off , flake out , drift off , nod off , drop off , doze off , drowse off , cause to sleep