waker noun 4adjective 1forms 3 noun4 •One who wakens or arouses from sleep. •One who wakes somebody or something. •An alarm clock. •In the Rust programming language, a handle that "wakes up" a task by notifying its executor that it is ready to be run. adjective1 •(dialect, UK) Watchful; vigilant; alert. formswakers · more waker · most waker