English Explanatory Dictionary

woke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Awake: conscious and not asleep.
  2. Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially of racial and other social justice issues.
  3. Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice.
  4. Promoting cancel culture, identitarianism, pontification, victim mentality, or virtue signalling.
noun
  1. A person with progressive views or attitudes.
  2. A progressive ideology, in particular with regards to social justice.
verb
  1. simple past of wake
  2. past participle of wake

Pronunciation

wōk /wəʊk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-woke.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-woke.wav /woʊk/ en-us-woke.ogg /wəʉk/ /wɐʉk/ /wok/ /woːk/

Word forms

woke more woke woker most woke wokest wokes

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 awake caffeinated conscious invigorated invigorating lively wakeful wakesome woke aware heedful hip observant on guard on the lookout on the watch on watch vigilant wary watchful politically correct right-on successor ideology

Antonyms

unwoke politically incorrect philistine

Derived words

dark woke dewokify get woke, go broke Great Awokening Hollywoke hyperwoke unwoke war on woke wokeass woke capitalism woke church wokedom wokefest wokefish woke-free wokeish wokeism woke-ism wokeist Wokeistan wokejoshi wokel Wokeland wokelash wokeling woke mind virus woke mob woken wokeness woke Olympics Wokepedia woker wokerati woke right wokery wokescold wokespeak wokester woke supremacist woke supremacy woketard Woketopia woketopian wokewash wokewashing wokie wokification wokify wokism wokist
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