Synonyms for vigilant
ˈvɪdʒ ə ləntvig·i·lant

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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

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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

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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

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1. cautious

   i would be cautious about walking there after dark.

   Submitted by Soulwriter on June 13, 2021  

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1. vigilantadjective

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

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1. vigilantadjective

   Synonyms:
   watchful, attentive, circumspect, wakeful

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1. List of paraphrases for "vigilant":

   watchful, alert, policer, vigilance, attentive, vigilante, careful, cautious, wary, warning, alertness, alerts

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How to use vigilant in a sentence?

1. Francois Hollande:

   Vigilant that Guinea is always open to the world, that it isn't isolated, including during this phase, and that it can continue to ensure its development.

2. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

   We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.

3. 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.

4. Frank Milstead:

   If you drive that stretch of roadway, always be vigilant, under these circumstances, be hyper vigilant.

5. Sebastian Coe:

   The AIU are permanently vigilant and there are tests that are intelligence-led, it is important that the unit is given the opportunity and the time to be vigilant and acts when it needs, but we also have to be protective of athletes' reputations, so it needs a sensible proportion of balance.