awakeningnoun [ S ]
uk/əˈweɪ.kən.ɪŋ/us/əˈweɪ.kən.ɪŋ/the act of starting to understand something or feel something:
a religious awakening
the awakening of public concern about the environment
He's in for a rude awakening (= will be shocked) when he starts work!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Aware
- abreast
- acquainted
- alive
- alive to sth idiom
- au fait
- awake
- aware
- be no stranger to sth idiom
- familiar
- have/keep your finger on the pulse idiom
- informed
- insider
- ivory tower
- keep sb in the picture idiom
- onto
- privy
- put sb in the picture idiom
- repository
- sad
- sadder but wiser idiom
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