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| reveille |
a call sounded early in the morning to waken or alert people, esp. a bugle call for troops to assemble. |
| sharp |
mentally quick; alert. [2/16 definitions] |
| sharp-eyed |
keenly observant; alert. [1/2 definitions] |
| sleep |
to be very inactive or not alert. [1/9 definitions] |
| sleepless |
constantly alert or moving, or unable to fall asleep. [1/2 definitions] |
| swift |
quick to respond or act; alert; prompt. [1/7 definitions] |
| vigilance |
a condition or quality of being alert and attentive; watchfulness. |
| vigilant |
keenly alert and attentive; watchful, esp. for danger. |
| wake1 |
to become aware or alert. [1/8 definitions] |
| wakeful |
alert; vigilant. [1/3 definitions] |
| waken |
to rouse to a more active or alert state; stir. [1/3 definitions] |
| warn |
to alert to possible harm, trouble, or danger; caution. [1/6 definitions] |
| watch |
to look or wait in alert expectation (usu. fol. by "for"). [3/10 definitions] |
| watchful |
closely or attentively observant; alert; vigilant. |
| watch out |
to be alert and careful with respect to some danger (often fol. by "for" or a clause beginning with "that"). [1/2 definitions] |
| wide-awake |
alert or watchful. [1/2 definitions] |
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