Synonyms for vigilant
ˈvɪdʒ ə ləntvig·i·lant

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1. vigilantadjective

   Synonyms:
   alert, watchful, on the qui vive, wary, aware

2. vigilantadjective

   Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary

   Be vigilant for signs of disease in your garden.

   Synonyms:
   alert, aware, watchful, wary, on the qui vive

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1. vigilant

   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 alert, on the lookout, sleepless, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide-awake

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

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1. argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, wakefuladjective

   carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger

   "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"

   Synonyms:
   keen-sighted, wakeful, waking, open-eyed, sharp-eyed, hawk-eyed, light, argus-eyed, sharp-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted

   Antonyms:
   unwatchful, unvigilant, unalert

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1. cautious

   i would be cautious about walking there after dark.

   Submitted by Soulwriter on June 13, 2021  

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1. vigilantadjective

   Synonyms:
   watchful, circumspect, on the lookout, wide awake, on the alert

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1. vigilantadjective

   Synonyms:
   watchful, attentive, circumspect, wakeful

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1. List of paraphrases for "vigilant":

   watchful, alert, policer, vigilance, attentive, vigilante, careful, cautious, wary, warning, alertness, alerts

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How to use vigilant in a sentence?

1. Ilea Faircloth:

   We just have to be hyper-vigilant at the school level, no matter what age group it is.

2. Chris Murray:

   What we all worry about is a new variant that has immune escape like Omicron had on the prior variants, people like to hope the evolution of the virus will lead to less severe forms, but that’s not a guarantee. So we just need to stay vigilant for the possibility of a different variant.

3. Francois Hollande:

   There should be no doubt as to our country's ability to protect itself and remain vigilant.

4. Shigezo Kaneko:

   To me, it was just another routine document from the public office, i guess I wasn't really vigilant.

5. Miguel Southwell:

   We recognize that 100% screening of airport employees has operational and cost challenges, but the unmistakable fact, as recent events suggest, is that we need to be consistently vigilant in our efforts.