Vigilant \Vig"i*lant\, a. [L. vigilans, -antis, p. pr. of
vigilare to watch, fr. vigil awake: cf. F. vigilant. See
Vigil.]
Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for
safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary. "Be sober, be
vigilant." --1 Pet. v. 8.
[1913 Webster]
Sirs, take your places, and be vigilant. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vigilant
adj : 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" [syn: argus-eyed, open-eyed, wakeful,
watchful]
WordNet (r) 2.0
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "vigilant":
Argus-eyed, acute, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, all ready,
all set, armed, armed and ready, attentive, aux aguets, avid,
booted and spurred, briefed, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect,
coached, cocked, covering, custodial, defensive, eager, eagle-eyed,
equipped, familiarized, fostering, good and ready, groomed,
guarded, guardian, guarding, hawk-eyed, immunizing, in arms,
in battle array, in readiness, in the saddle, informed, keen,
keen-eyed, lidless, loaded, loaded for bear, mature, mobilized,
observant, on guard, on the alert, on the lookout, on the mark,
on the watch, open-eyed, parental, planned, prearranged, prepared,
prepared and ready, prepped, preventive, primed, prophylactic,
protecting, protective, provided, prudent, psyched up, ready,
ready for anything, ripe, safeguarding, screening, set, sharp,
sharp-eyed, sheltering, shielding, sleepless, tutelary, unsleeping,
up in arms, wakeful, wary, watchful, well-prepared, wide-awake,
with open eyes
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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