Become cognizant (5 letters)

{ Answer }

AWAKE

{ Related Clues }

Activate
Alert
On the alert
Attentive
Conscious
Rouse
"Up!"
Up
Vigilant
"Are you ___?"
Attentive; vigilant
Back from dreamland
Benefiting from Vivarin
Come alive (to)
With eyes open
Not asleep
Not dormant
Not in dreamland
Not napping
Not out
On one's toes
Open-eyed
Opposite of "out"
Suffering from insomnia
Up and about
Up an' at 'em
Wide-eyed
Leave the Land of Nod
No longer sleeping
No longer under
"___, O north wind . . . "
"___ and Sing," Odets play
Start of an Odets title

{ Tags }

about, alert, attentive, awake, become, cognizant, conscious, dreamland, eyed, just, land, longer, no, nod, not, odets, open, out, sleeping, up, vigilant

{ Notes }

The answer AWAKE is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.

{ Definition }

AWAKE as a verb:

1. (wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken) = stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

AWAKE as an adjective:

1. not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake"

2. (alert, awake) = not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert"

3. (alert, alive, awake) = (usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"