vigilant
keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
ever awake and alert; sleeplessly watchful.
Origin of vigilant
1synonym study For vigilant
Other words for vigilant
Opposites for vigilant
Other words from vigilant
- vig·i·lant·ly, adverb
- vig·i·lant·ness, noun
- hy·per·vig·i·lant, adjective
- non·vig·i·lant, adjective
- non·vig·i·lant·ly, adverb
- non·vig·i·lant·ness, noun
- pre·vig·i·lant, adjective
- pre·vig·i·lant·ly, adverb
- su·per·vig·i·lant, adjective
- su·per·vig·i·lant·ly, adverb
- un·vig·i·lant, adjective
- un·vig·i·lant·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with vigilant
- vigilant , vigilante
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How to use vigilant in a sentence
We have to vigilantly protect it, so we can continue to live in a free society.
Hip-Hop Conservative Rep. Trey Radel Charged With Cocaine Possession | Ben Jacobs | November 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLIBRA With Saturn in Libra, squaring Mars, you must be vigilantly disciplined, while focusing less on results.
They are quite sure "the mob" will do no harm if it is vigilantly watched and thoroughly overawed.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyNeisse now alone remained, with Neipperg vigilantly stretched upon the threshold of it.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleThose poor reviled, execrated and vigilantly-concealed legs of our fore-mothers!
Sex=The Unknown Quantity | Ali Nomad
She cultivated her farm; she looked vigilantly to the remains of the estate; she economized.
When he reaches his hunting-grounds, he follows up the creeks and streams, vigilantly looking out for “sign.”
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British Dictionary definitions for vigilant
/ (ˈvɪdʒɪlənt) /
keenly alert to or heedful of trouble or danger, as while others are sleeping or unsuspicious
Origin of vigilant
1Derived forms of vigilant
- vigilantly, adverb
- vigilantness, noun
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