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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. Nancy Pelosi:

    We must also be vigilant against bigoted or dangerous ideologies masquerading as policy, and that includes BDS.

  2. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern:

    But we must remain vigilant if we are to keep it that way.

  3. Duncan Craig:

    Sky News reported. Duncan Craig, a sexual abuse survivor who founded online support group Survivors Manchester, told Sky News police need to be more vigilant when Sky News comes to sex offenders. Duncan Craig also requestedtransparency on behalf of victims. Victims deserve the right to know that those that have committed these crimes against them are being dealt with correctly and managed properly.

  4. Secretary General Elhadj:

    Now is the time to be even more vigilant, we all welcome the plateauing and the signs of declines we are seeing in some places ... but that should not be a reason for complacency.

  5. Joseph Votel:

    Recent observations by our men and women on the ground highlight that the ISIS population being evacuated from the remaining vestiges of the caliphate largely remain unrepentant, unbroken and radicalized. We will need to maintain a vigilant offensive against this now widely dispersed and disaggregated organization that includes leaders, fighters, facilitators, resources and, of course, their toxic ideology.


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