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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: 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
Notes: active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads
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: 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
Main Entry: attentive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: concentrating
Synonyms: alert, all ears, awake, aware, conscientious, enrapt, enthralled, fascinated, glued, hanging on every word, heedful, hooked, immersed, intent, interested, listening, mindful, observant, on one's toes, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, on the qui vive, preoccupied, regardful, studious, vigilant, watchful
Antonyms: disregarding, heedless, ignorant, inattentive, inconsiderate, neglectful, neglecting
Main Entry: aware
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: knowledgeable
Synonyms: acquainted, alert, alive, appraised, appreciative, apprehensive, apprised, attentive, au courant, awake, cognizant, conscious, cool*, enlightened, familiar, go-go, groovy*, grounded, heedful, hip*, in the know, in the picture, informed, into*, know the score, know what's what, know-how, knowing, latched on, mindful, on the beam, on to, perceptive, plugged in, receptive, savvy, sensible, sentient, sharp, tuned in, up on, wise, wise to, wised up, with it
Antonyms: ignorant, insensitive, unaware, unconscious
Main Entry: bright
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: intelligent
Synonyms: Einstein, acute, advanced, alert, astute, aware, brainy, brilliant, clear-headed, clever, discerning, eggheaded, having smarts, ingenious, inventive, keen, knowing, precocious, quick, quick-witted, sharp, smart, whiz kid, wide-awake
Antonyms: dull, stupid, unaware, unintelligent
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