watchful

[woch-fuhl] / ˈwɒtʃ fəl /

ADJECTIVE

on the lookout

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attentive careful cautious observant suspicious vigilant wary

STRONG

alert

WEAK

all ears chary circumspect glued guarded heedful hooked keen not missing a trick on guard on one's toes on the ball on the job on the qui vive on the watch open-eyed prepared ready see after see to unsleeping wakeful wide-awake with eyes peeled

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless heedless inattentive incautious indiscreet rash thoughtless uncareful unobservant

WEAK

negligent

Example Sentences

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Treasuries are the “equity market’s less attractive, slower acting, more boring cousin. And it’s kind of behaving that way. Just watchful, waiting mode,” said asset manager F/m Investments’ CEO Alex Morris.

From Barron's

A watchful press slows this process, sometimes stops it, by exposing its abuses.

From The Wall Street Journal

Only in the past couple of years, Sansom explained, did watchful staff members start swooping in to “borrow” Bamberger’s chain saw whenever they caught him tramping around the property with one.

From The Wall Street Journal

I also learned to be watchful while climbing the day I got too close to a beehive.

From Literature

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