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synonyms for vigilant

  • anxious
  • attentive
  • aware
  • cautious
  • circumspect
  • keen
  • observant
  • wary
  • acute
  • agog
  • alert
  • guarded
  • looking for
  • looking to
  • on alert
  • on guard
  • on the ball
  • on the job
  • on the lookout
  • on the qui vive
  • on toes
  • open-eyed
  • sharp
  • sleepless
  • unsleeping
  • waiting on
  • wakeful
  • wide-awake
  • with eyes peeled
  • with weather eye open
See also synonyms for: unvigilant / vigilantly
On this page you'll find 83 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to vigilant, such as: anxious, attentive, aware, cautious, circumspect, and keen.

antonyms for vigilant

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  • careless
  • heedless
  • ignorant
  • inattentive
  • incautious
  • indifferent
  • indiscreet
  • rash
  • thoughtless
  • unaware
  • uncareful
  • unobservant
  • impulsive
  • negligent
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How to use vigilant in a sentence

It’s possible landlords will attempt to use this reasoning to proceed with an eviction before the end of the year, so tenants should stay vigilant in terms of following the rules of their lease.
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I always have to be aware and vigilant, but this is the career that I signed up for.
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Scientists cannot understand wolverine migratory patterns if they don’t see when they move and where they’re going, she says, but since the animals are so elusive, scientists won’t get that information without these super vigilant tracking efforts.
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If they’ve entered your life in a time where you can shower love on them all day and things suddenly change, you’ll want to be extra vigilant in watching for symptoms of stress.
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“You have to just watch and be somewhat vigilant,” Golub said.
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Vigilant eyes and sharp judgments have long swept over Europe in search of them.
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That extremely vigilant body, the London Fire Brigade, had their nearest engines out in two minutes.
THE GARRET AND THE GARDENR.M. BALLANTYNE
Nellie was always jealous of the welfare of the working class, and was ever vigilant as to its interests.
THE UNDERWORLDJAMES C. WELSH
Vigilant priests were always ready to extinguish systems which could not be made to tally with their interests.
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No matter how vigilant the Federals were, Mosby was sure to find an opportunity for attacking.
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