Synonyms for ALERT
əˈlɜrtalert

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1. alert

   Alert, ready, and wide-awake refer to a watchful promptness for action. Ready suggests thoughtful preparation; the wandering Indian is alert, the trained soldier is ready. Ready expresses more life and vigor than prepared. The gun is prepared; the man is ready. Prompt expresses readiness for appointment or demand at the required moment. The good general is ready for emergencies, alert to perceive opportunity or peril, prompt to seize occasion. The sense of brisk, nimble is the secondary and now less common signification of alert. Compare ACTIVE; ALIVE; NIMBLE; VIGILANT.

   Synonyms:
   active, brisk, hustling, lively, nimble, on the watch, prepared, prompt, ready, vigilant, watchful, wide-awake

   Antonyms:
   drowsy, dull, heavy, inactive, slow, sluggish, stupid

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1. alert

   Synonyms:
   active, brisk, nimble, prepared, prompt, vigilant, ready, wakeful, watchful, on the watch, lively

   Antonyms:
   slow, sleepy, lazy, absent, unready, oblivious, sluggish, inactive, unwatchful, dilatory, drowsy

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1. alert, qui vivenoun

   condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action

   "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"

   Synonyms:
   alarm, warning signal, alarum, alerting, qui vive, alert

   Antonyms:
   unalert, unvigilant, incognizant, lethargic, unenrgetic, unwatchful, unaware

2. alert, alertingnoun

   a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

   Synonyms:
   alarm, warning signal, alarum, alerting, qui vive, alert, alertness

   Antonyms:
   unenrgetic, unalert, unwatchful, incognizant, unaware, unvigilant, lethargic

3. alarm, alert, warning signal, alarumadjective

   an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

   Synonyms:
   warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, alarm, qui vive, alert, alarm system, alerting, dismay

   Antonyms:
   unenrgetic, incognizant, unwatchful, lethargic, unalert, unvigilant, unaware

4. alert, watchfuladjective

   engaged in or accustomed to close observation

   "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"

   Synonyms:
   alive(p), sleepless, spanking, insomniac, alert, zippy, awake(p), brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, watchful

   Antonyms:
   unvigilant, unaware, unenrgetic, unwatchful, unalert, lethargic, incognizant

5. alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippyadjective

   quick and energetic

   "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"

   Synonyms:
   jovial, natty, marvelous, festive, rattling(a), brisk, wondrous, nipping, peppy, spruce, resilient, mirthful, jocund, frosty, festal, tremendous, grand, marvellous, snappy, live, racy, bouncing, watchful, lively, bouncy, wonderful, dapper, jolly, gay, spanking, springy, alive(p), tonic, fresh, awake(p), nippy, raffish, jaunty, fantastic, alert, merry, terrific, spiffy, rakish, rattling, snappish, howling(a), refreshful, dashing, spirited, full of life, bracing, crisp, whipping, refreshing, zippy, vital

   Antonyms:
   unaware, unvigilant, incognizant, lethargic, unenrgetic, unalert, unwatchful

6. alert, alive(p), awake(p)verb

   mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"

   "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"

   Antonyms:
   lethargic, unaware, incognizant, unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful, unenrgetic

7. alarm, alertverb

   warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

   "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"

   Synonyms:
   alarm, dismay, appall, appal, horrify, alert

   Antonyms:
   lethargic, unenrgetic, unalert, unaware, unvigilant, incognizant, unwatchful

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1. alertadjective

   Synonyms:
   watchful, vigilant, circumspect, wary, heedful, on the alert, on one's guard, on the watch, on the lookout

2. alertadjective

   Synonyms:
   active, brisk, nimble, agile, smart, lively, sprightly, spirited, supple, quick, spry, ready, prompt

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1. alertadjective

   Synonyms:
   vigilant, watchful, wary, attentive

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1. List of paraphrases for "alert":

   warning, alerts, alerting, vigilant, alarm, warn, preparedness, allergy, alerter, attentive, ultimatum, vigilance, early-warning, alertness, warnings, notify, watchful

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1. ALERT

   Synonyms:
   Cardiology Assessment of Lescol® (fluvastatin) in Renal Transplantation Neurology Adjunctive Lamictal in Epilepsy: Response to Treatment

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1. Toby Southgate:

   There are notions of good governance and transparency that the financial services category is very alert to, it won't stop people from buying cans of Coke, but it will at a market level or an analyst level impact perception of organizations associated with corruption.

2. Lisa Jackson:

   Tungsten from the iPhone alert module can be used to make a precision cutting tool and the silver from the motherboard can be used in a solar panel, ultimately our goal is to create breakthroughs that allow us to use high-quality materials in our own products.

3. Bill Hemmer:

   This is some news we’ve been waiting on, an update on our colleague Ben Hall, he is now safe and out of Ukraine, ben is alert and said to be in good spirits. He’s being treated with the best possible care in the world.

4. Hobson:

   I'll alert the media.

5. Albert Fox:

   Three days of tracking is more than long enough to create a privacy risk. For those living with their abusers, they might never find out they're being tracked if their abusers can frequently come within range of the AirTag, similarly, it is helpful that AirTags will alert nearby iPhones to their presence, but those using Android won't receive an alert if an AirTag is tracking them.