alert [uh-lurt] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
alert [uh-lurt]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: attentive, lively
Synonyms: 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, switched on, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake, wired, wise, with it
Antonyms: asleep, drowsy, inattentive, lethargic, sluggish, unobservant, weary
Main Entry: alert
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: warn
Synonyms: alarm, flag, forewarn, give the high sign, inform, notify, put on guard, signal, tip, tip off, wave flag
Main Entry: able
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: capable of performing; having an innate capacity
Synonyms: adept, adequate, adroit, agile, alert, apt, bright, capable, competent, cunning, deft, dexterous, easy, effortless, endowed, equipped, facile, fitted, good, intelligent, knowing, powerful, ready, smart, strong, worthy
Notes: able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something
Antonyms: ineffective, inept, infirm, powerless, unable, useless
Example Sentences
  • They can map out physical dangers and act as early-warning systems to alert humans to the presence of hazardous chemicals or fire.
  • Traffic lights could alert cars when they are about to change, or broadcast the latest congestion update to waiting vehicles.
  • In theory, the insects' movements set off an alarm to alert authorities.
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Main Entry: active
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very involved in activity
Synonyms: aggressive, agile, alert, alive, animated, assiduous, bold, brisk, bustling, busy, chipper, daring, dashing, determined, dexterous, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, engaged, enlivened, enterprising, enthusiastic, eventful, fireball, forceful, forcible, fresh, frisky, hard-working, high-spirited, hyper, industrious, intense, inventive, jumping, keen, lively, nimble, on the move, perky, persevering, purposeful, pushing, quick, rapid, ready, resolute, sharp, sprightly, spry, whiz*, zealous
Antonyms: disinterested, idle, indifferent, lazy, quiescent, quiet
Main Entry: agile
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: physically or mentally nimble, deft
Synonyms: active, acute, alert, athletic, brisk, buoyant, bustling, clever, dexterous, easy-moving, energetic, fleet, frisky, limber, lithe, lively, mercurial, prompt, quick, quick on the draw, quick on the trigger, quick-witted, rapid, ready, sharp, spirited, sportive, spright, sprightly, spry, stirring, supple, swift, twinkle toes, vigorous, vivacious, winged, zippy
Antonyms: brittle, clumsy, stiff
Main Entry: alarm
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: warning, signaling device
Synonyms: Mayday, SOS, alert, bell, blast, buzzer, call, caution, clock, cry, drum, flap, flash*, forewarning, gong, high sign, horn, nod, scramble*, scream, shout, sign, signal, siren, squeal, tip, tip off, tocsin, trumpet, warning, whistle, wink, yell
Main Entry: alive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: being active, full of life
Synonyms: abounding, alert, animated, awake, brisk, bustling, cheerful, dynamic, eager, energetic, lively, overflowing, quick, ready, replete, rife, sharp, spirited, sprightly, spry, stirring, swarming, teeming, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zestful
Antonyms: dispirited, dull, lifeless, morose, sluggish, spiritless
Main Entry: animate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lively
Synonyms: activated, active, alert, animated, dynamic, energized, gay, happy, spirited, vivacious
Antonyms: discouraged, dull, quiet, shy, spiritless
Main Entry: animated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lively
Synonyms: activated, active, alert, animate, ardent, brisk, buoyant, dynamic, ebullient, elated, energetic, energized, enthusiastic, excited, fervent, gay, happy, passionate, peppy, quick, snappy, spirited, sprightly, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vitalized, vivacious, vivid, zealous, zestful, zingy, zippy
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