Home › Words › A › awakenessawakenessawakeness means the quality or state of being awake.EtymologyFrom awake + -ness.nounThe quality or state of being awakeDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.awakenedness 90% match — The state or quality of being awakened. vs awakeness →awakedness 90% match — The state or quality of being awaked. vs awakeness →awakenment 75% match — An awakening. vs awakeness →alertness 74% match — The quality of being alert or on the alert. vs awakeness →wakening 73% match — The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. vs awakeness →awakened 71% match — Having been woken up. vs awakeness →consciousness 70% match — The state of being conscious or aware; awareness. vs awakeness →awaken 69% match — To cause to become awake. vs awakeness →