waking — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Occurring during wakefulness.

   Examples

   A waking nightmare

   The city had as yet hardly drawn its first waking breath.

   More examples (2)

   Counting occupied my every waking thought.

   It is this gift of life that we are grateful to receive each waking moment, and so we give thanks, “for our lives, which are committed to Your power.”

Noun

1. The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake.

   Examples

   […] there are no words to describe the way she negotiated the abyss between her dreams, those wakings strange as her sleepings.

Adjective

1. marked by full consciousness or alertness

   Synonyms

   wakeful

   Examples

   worked every moment of my waking hours

Noun

1. the state of remaining awake

   Antonyms

   sleeping

   Broader terms

   consciousness

   Examples

   days of danger and nights of waking