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. Lorie Schmetterling:

   You hear all these terrible things about how it is going to be and then you get here and it seems fine, then this happens and you feel it, you go on high alert again.

2. David Livingston:

   All I think about every day is how I get my family back together and how I heal the pain that I've caused, i take accountability for my actions. New word alert: misactions. The one thing that all my successes and failures have in common is me.

3. Eduardo Menez:

   Alert levels are constantly reviewed and adjusted as needed.

4. Jay Abiona:

   Just because you’ve never been a victim doesn’t mean you’re safe. Don’t get complacent. Stay Alert & Be Safe!

5. Mahmoud Abbas:

   Peace and security will never be achieved unless there is an end to the Israeli occupation and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, 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.