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Synonyms for vigilant
ˈvɪdʒ ə ləntvig·i·lant

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Wiktionary2.7 / 3 votes

  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

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Princeton's WordNet1.8 / 4 votes

  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

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cautious

    i would be cautious about walking there after dark.

    Submitted by Soulwriter on June 13, 2021  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. vigilantadjective

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. vigilantadjective

    Synonyms:
    watchful, attentive, circumspect, wakeful

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How to use vigilant in a sentence?

  1. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

    Contrasting ideas are constantly swirling around us in billions of forms, it’s tough to remain vigilant, but just be you and be yourself.

  2. Chinese American:

    I think in general, people became more vigilant, you know, don't walk by yourself or go out late ... It's the reality sinking in that this is real, we all have to be cautious, we escort each other home or give each other a ride.

  3. Irene Chavez:

    If anything, this should serve as a very real reminder that the virus is widespread, and often without symptoms, and we must all be vigilant.

  4. Christine Jellis:

    I don’t think [the online test] can be used as a replacement, you need to know your blood pressure, you need to know your cholesterol, you need to know if you are diabetic to be able to plug that into the score, so we need people to be still vigilant about having those things monitored.

  5. Waris Ahluwalia:

    I'm not sitting here angry at Aeromexico. Everyone makes mistakes. I've made mistakes, but what makes us different is how we collect and respond and react to the mistakes we make. They did not know. I cannot blame them for that, but ignorance and fear is the flag humans carry, and we have to be vigilant to fight that.


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