wakeful
1
5.3
- adjective
- /ˈweɪkfəl/
:
vigilante
- As dawn approached, the wakeful guards patrolled the area, ensuring no threats were present.
Examples
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She remained wakeful while camping in the wilderness, keeping an eye out for any potential danger.
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Trust in your deepest strength of all: to be present, to be wakeful.
Blog text (16) -
"But the images are fog now, and don't make sense to his wakeful mind."
Fiction book (1994) -
Ideally, mindful awareness should be there in every wakeful moment of the day.
Academic text (1999) -
The returning men put their shields in the shed and walked to the central night fire to talk with the other wakeful warriors and see if there was anything to eat.
Fiction book (1990) -
A ring of late- or early-wakeful men surrounded the cooking fire, their faces glowing orange in its light.
Fiction book (1990) -
However, AV Wenckebach and complete heart block in older individuals, especially during wakeful hours, are pathologic.
Academic text (2016) -
He described this sharpwave ripple activity as corresponding to this offline state, quiet, wakeful and some sleep states.
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The child was wakeful and alert during the scary movie, ready to react to any sudden scenes.
Synonyms
66
6.0
A person who keeps careful watch for danger or problems
37
3.2
Being careful and ready to notice danger or problems
26
2.7
Completely alert and not at all sleepy
24
2.0
Aware of what is happening and ready to respond
1
5.2
Aware of possible danger or change
1
9.0
Awake and alert after sleep
1
7.8
Always watching and ready to notice danger
1
7.8
Always awake and watching
Watchful and careful to notice danger or mistakes
Not asleep and fully aware
Antonyms
How Alert
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wakeful comes from an old English root wake, meaning 'to be awake' or 'to watch', plus the ending -ful, which means 'full of'. So, a wakeful person is 'full of wake' — watching carefully and ready for danger.