Synonyms for vigilance
ˈvɪdʒ ə lənsvig·i·lance

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1. vigilance

   Care concerns what we possess; anxiety, often, what we do not; riches bring many cares; poverty brings many anxieties. Care also signifies watchful attention, in view of possible harm; as, "This side up with care;" "Take care of yourself;" or, as a sharp warning, "Take care!" Caution has a sense of possible harm and risk only to be escaped, if at all, by careful deliberation and observation. Care inclines to the positive, caution to the negative; care is shown in doing, caution largely in not doing. Precaution is allied with care, prudence with caution; a man rides a dangerous horse with care; caution will keep him from mounting the horse; precaution looks to the saddle-girths, bit and bridle, and all that may make the rider secure. Circumspection is watchful observation and calculation, but without the timidity implied in caution. Concern denotes a serious interest, milder than anxiety; as, concern for the safety of a ship at sea. Heed implies attention without disquiet; it is now largely displaced by attention and care. Solicitude involves especially the element of desire, not expressed in anxiety, and of hopefulness, not implied in care. A parent feels constant solicitude for his children's welfare, anxiety as to dangers that threaten it, with care to guard against them. Watchfulness recognizes the possibility of danger, wariness the probability. A man who is not influenced by caution to keep out of danger may display great wariness in the midst of it. Care has also the sense of responsibility, with possible control, as expressed in charge, management, oversight; as, these children are under my care; send the money to me in care of the firm. Compare ALARM; ANXIETY; PRUDENCE.

   Synonyms:
   anxiety, attention, care, caution, charge, circumspection, concern, direction, forethought, heed, management, oversight, perplexity, precaution, prudence, solicitude, trouble, wariness, watchfulness, worry

   Antonyms:
   carelessness, disregard, heedlessness, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, omission, oversight, recklessness, remissness, slight

   Preposition:
   Take care of the house; for the future; about the matter.

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1. vigilance

   Synonyms:
   watchfulness, observance, wakefulness, sleeplessness, carefulness, activity, circumspection

   Antonyms:
   drowsiness, inattention, carelessness, indulgence, somnolence, inobservance, inactivity, indifference, connivance, unwatchfulness

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1. watchfulness, wakefulness, vigilance, alertnessnoun

   the process of paying close and continuous attention

   "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"

   Synonyms:
   alerting, alertness, wakefulness, on the qui vive, sharp-sightedness, weather eye, watchfulness, sleeplessness

2. watchfulness, vigilance, weather eyenoun

   vigilant attentiveness

   "he keeps a weather eye open for trouble"

   Synonyms:
   alertness, weather eye, watchfulness, wakefulness

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1. vigilancenoun

   Synonyms:
   watchfulness, lookout, circumspection

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1. vigilancenoun

   Synonyms:
   watchfulness, circumspection, attention, caution

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1. List of paraphrases for "vigilance":

   alertness, vigilant, monitoring, surveillance, alert, vigil, caution, supervision, guard, watchdog

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1. Kristalina Georgieva:

   These actions have eased market stress to some extent, but uncertainty is high, which underscores the need for vigilance.

2. Lesley Fulop:

   As always, the Department of Homeland Security encourages vigilance by the public to report any suspicious activity to law enforcement.

3. Thietmar of Merseburg:

   Though [Theophanu] was of the weak sex she possessed moderation, trustworthiness, and good manners. In this way she protected with male vigilance the royal power for her son, friendly with all those who were honest, but with terrifying superiority against rebels.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   We have a hard struggle still ahead of us for weeks and months because we face a new variant of the disease that requires a new vigilance, but as the sun rises tomorrow on 2021, we have the certainty of those vaccines. I believe 2021 is, above all, the year when we will eventually do those everyday things that now seem lost in the past, bathed in a rosy glow of nostalgia -- going to the pub, concerts, theaters, restaurants, or simply holding hands with our loved ones in the normal way.

5. Sabata Stoffel Mosehle:

   Vigilance helps grow a person character