Definition of WOKE

woke

Meanings

Plural: wokes

Verb

  • be awake, be alert, be there
  • stop sleeping
    • "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
  • arouse or excite feelings and passions
  • make aware of
    • "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"
  • cause to become awake or conscious
  • simple past of wake
  • past participle of wake

Adj

  • Awake: conscious and not asleep.
  • Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially in racial and other social justice issues.
  • Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice.
  • Promoting cancel culture, identitarianism, pontification, victim mentality, or virtue signalling.

Noun

  • A person with progressive views or attitudes.
  • A progressive ideology, in particular with regards to social justice.

Origin / Etymology

Shortened from woken or woken up, or derived from dialectal use of woke (past participle of wake). The sense of being aware of social injustice dates to at least the 1930s. The derogatory use has been most commonly used as of the 2020s.

Synonyms

alert, arouse, awake, awaken, aware, caffeinated, come alive, conscious, fire up, heat, heedful, hip, ignite, inflame, invigorated, invigorating, lively, observant, on guard, on the lookout, on the watch, on watch, politically correct, right-on, rouse, stir up, successor ideology, vigilant, wake, wake up, wakeful, waken, wakesome, wary, watchful, woke

Antonyms

cause to sleep, fall asleep, politically incorrect, sleep, unwoke

Scrabble Score: 11

woke is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
woke is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
woke is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

woke is a valid Words With Friends word