wake (2)EnglishOxford American Thesauruswake2 noun 1 a flotilla of rafts followed in the wake of the cruiser: backwash, wash, slipstream, turbulence; trail, path, track. 2 share prices tumbled in the wake of the interest-rate rise: aftermath; as a result of, as a consequence of, on account of, because of, owing to, after, subsequent to, following, behind; British off the back of.