Vigilant

a.

1.

Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary. Sirs, take your places, and be vigilant. - Shak.

Adj.

1.

vigilant - 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: open-eyed, wakeful, watchful, argus-eyed

Argus-eyed, acute, agog, all ears, all eyes, all ready, all set, armed, armed and ready, aux aguets, avid, booted and spurred, briefed, chary, 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, 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, well-prepared, wide-awake, with open eyes

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