Synonyms for on the alert
on the alert

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1. on the alert

   Vigilant implies more sustained activity and more intelligent volition than alert; one may be habitually alert by reason of native quickness of perception and thought, or one may be momentarily alert under some excitement or expectancy; one who is vigilant is so with thoughtful purpose. One is vigilant against danger or harm; he may be alert or watchful for good as well as against evil; he is wary in view of suspected stratagem, trickery, or treachery. A person may be wakeful because of some merely physical excitement or excitability, as through insomnia; yet he may be utterly careless and negligent in his wakefulness, the reverse of watchful; a person who is truly watchful must keep himself wakeful while on watch, in which case wakeful has something of mental quality. Watchful, from the Saxon, and vigilant, from the Latin, are almost exact equivalents; but vigilant has somewhat more of sharp definiteness and somewhat more suggestion of volition; one may be habitually watchful; one is vigilant of set purpose and for direct cause, as in the presence of an enemy. Compare ALERT.

   Synonyms:
   alert, awake, careful, cautious, circumspect, on the lookout, sleepless, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide-awake

   Antonyms:
   careless, drowsy, dull, heedless, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, thoughtless, unwary

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1. on the alert

   Synonyms:
   watching, watchful, attentive, vigilant, on the look out

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1. Paddy Ankunda:

   They have always made plots against Uganda, we're always on the alert and we'll keep defeating their plot.

2. Sorawit Thaneto:

   The results of the blood test from pigs culled in Chiang Rai also show that the pigs were not infected, but we continue to be on alert.

3. Payette Police Chief Mark Clark:

   About 2 miles( 3.2 km) down the road, they looked back to see the house, which is on a hill, fully engulfed, but made no attempt to call 911 or alert the family, these people could have easily died in the fire.

4. Heiko Roloff:

   Luck and timing or the lack of it. Italy just got hit early with travelers bringing the virus into their country, so when it spread, and the first casualties were reported, the rest of Europe was on high alert. And doctors are accessible for pretty much everybody.

5. Mahmoud Abbas:

   I hereby call on you, Palestinian people wherever you are, to stand together, to close ranks and be alert, to be aware of the Israeli plots to undermine our national mission.