Wakeful

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Not sleeping or not able to sleep.
  • adjective. Without sleep; sleepless.
  • adjective. Watchful; alert.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Indisposed or unable to sleep; affected by insomnia.
  • Watchful; vigilant.
  • Rousing from, or as from, sleep.
  • Synonyms and
  • See watchful.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. awake rather than sleeping
  • adjective. sleepless
  • adjective. vigilant and alert; watchful
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger
  • adjective. (of sleep) easily disturbed
  • adjective. marked by full consciousness or alertness
  • Word Usage
    "And sitting here surrounded with roses and with that languorous lilt in her ear, Crystal felt as if she too were under the influence of some unseen Mesmer, who had lulled the activity of her brain into a kind of wakeful sleep even while her senses remained keenly, vitally on the alert."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    sleepy  
    Equivalent
    alert  awake  shallow  watchful  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    agile  alert  alive  attentive  awake