Thesaurus / on alert
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synonyms for on alert
- cautious
- wary
- observant
- aware
- anxious
- keen
- circumspect
- attentive
- acute
- agog
- alert
- guarded
- on guard
- on the ball
- sharp
- sleepless
- wakeful
- wide-awake
- open-eyed
- unsleeping
- looking for
- looking to
- on the job
- on the lookout
- on the qui vive
- on toes
- waiting on
- with eyes peeled
- with weather eye open
- alive
- astir
- attentive
- careful
- heedful
- observant
- on guard
- sleepless
- vigilant
- waking
- wary
- watchful
- wide-awake
- unsleeping
- insomniac
- insomnious
- on the alert
- on the lookout
- on the qui vive
- alive
- astir
- attentive
- awake
- careful
- heedful
- observant
- on guard
- sleepless
- vigilant
- waking
- wary
- watchful
- wide-awake
- insomniac
- insomnious
- on the alert
- on the lookout
- on the qui vive
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How to use on alert in a sentence
It was Carmena, every nerve of her loyal nature on the alert to baffle this pursuer of Alessandro and Ramona.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONI drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRThen, his hand resting on the handle of the cab-door, this expression suddenly changed to one of alert suspicion.
DOPESAX ROHMERHe is small, alert, brimful of jokes and of years; seventy they say, but he neither looks it nor acts it.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONBut his eyes and ears were alert, and he was the first to hear the advent of a large body of horses along the main road.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYThe almost lazy naturalness and simplicity faded gradually out of it, revealing the alert and seductive woman of the world.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSHis perception was still exceptionally alert, its acuteness left over, apparently, from the earlier days of pain and jealousy.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODKingston-on-Thames is still provincial in appearance, though now the centre of a great growth of modern suburbs.
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPERBesides the districts mentioned, tobacco is grown largely in that of Frankfort-on-the Oder.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.The disk of light disappeared, and the alert constable could be heard moving along the corridor to inspect the other offices.
DOPESAX ROHMERWORDS RELATED TO ON ALERT
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