Watchful

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  • adjective. Closely observant or alert; vigilant: synonym: careful.
  • adjective. Not sleeping; awake.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Wakeful; sleepless.
  • Vigilant; careful; wary; cautious; observant; alert; on the watch: with of before the thing to be regulated or observed, and against before the thing to be avoided: as, to be watchful of one's behavior; to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits.
  • Synonyms Watchful, Vigilant, Wakeful, attentive, heedful, circumspect, guarded. Wakeful refers to the lack of disposition to sleep, especially at times when one would ordinarily have such a disposition; watchful and vigilant refer to the mind, will, or conduct: they are of about equal vigor; watchful is the broader in its range of meaning.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; ; and with against before the thing to be avoided.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. observant, vigilant and aware
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. engaged in or accustomed to close observation
  • adjective. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
  • Word Usage
    "MESSNER: No. He's doing what they call watchful waiting and he's doing fine."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    careless  
    Equivalent
    Argus-eyed  awake  fly  heads-up  lidless  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Argus-eyed  advertent  agog  alert  alert