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switched on

[swicht-on, -awn] / ˈswɪtʃtˈɒn, -ˈɔn /
ADJECTIVE
alert
Synonyms
STRONGEST
active bright careful intelligent observant perceptive sharp vigilant wary watchful wired wise
STRONG
hip jazzed quick ready spirited
WEAK
all ears cagey circumspect clever fast on the draw good hands heads up heedful on guard on one's toes on the ball on the job on the lookout on the qui vive psyched-up wide-awake with it
Antonyms
STRONGEST
careless dull foolish ignorant inattentive incautious indifferent indiscreet lazy negligent stupid thoughtless unaware unintelligent unobservant
STRONG
slow uneducated
WEAK
asleep drowsy lethargic sluggish weary
ADJECTIVE
open-eyed
Synonyms
WEAK
active all ears bright cagey careful circumspect clever fast on the draw good hands heads up heedful hip intelligent jazzed observant on guard on one's toes on the ball on the job on the lookout on the qui vive perceptive psyched-up quick ready sharp spirited vigilant wakeful wary watchful wide-awake wired wise with it
ADJECTIVE
sophisticated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
mature practical refined worldly
STRONG
bored citified cool cultivated disenchanted disillusioned experienced jaded knowing practiced schooled seasoned smooth studied
WEAK
adult artificial been around blasé couth cynical in in the know into jet-set laid-back mondaine on to sharp skeptical stagy streetwise suave svelte switched-on uptown urbane well-bred wise to wised-up with it world-weary worldly-wise
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inexperienced unrefined unsophisticated
STRONG
enchanted encouraged enthusiastic excited uncool
WEAK
easy naive simple slow uncultivated uncultured
ADJECTIVE
with it
Synonyms
WEAK
alive apprehensive au courant awake aware chic conscious cool familiar groovy hep to hip to in in fashion in on in the know in vogue informed knowing knowledgeable latest mod now observant on to perceptive plugged in savvy trendy tuned-in up on versed wise to

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The firm says Vision will not record or store data, has to be switched-on manually and will close at the end of each browser session.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2024

William Goldman’s “Adventures in the Screen Trade” is the accepted gold standard, while Mark Harris is, by my lights, the most switched-on, sympathetic writer in today’s Hollywood.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Researchers had tried for about 20 years to get crystal structures of typical, switched-on GPCRs, but the molecules were too shifty.

From Science Magazine • May 10, 2018

It has 80 million people and a huge consumer market with a switched-on population.

From The Guardian • Jan. 8, 2016

For a savvy and switched-on class of gamer, that's too late -  they need to see the game in action now.

From The Verge • Aug. 26, 2014