English Verb awaking present participle and gerund of awake Noun awaking (plural awakings) Synonym of awakening Derived terms unawaking References “awaking”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN. “awaking”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.