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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret; pertaining to a hidden goal |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, buried, concealed, covert, cryptic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, guarded, hidden, implied, obscure, obscured, personal, privy, remote, secondary, selfish, shrouded, under cover, under wraps, undisclosed, undivulged, unexpressed, unsaid |
| Antonyms: | expressed, known, overt, public |
| Main Entry: | vigilant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, watchful |
| Synonyms: | acute, agog, alert, anxious, attentive, aware, cautious, circumspect, guarded, keen, looking for, looking to, observant, 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, wary, wide-awake, with eyes peeled, with weather eye open |
| Antonyms: | careless, impulsive, inattentive, indiscreet, negligent |
| Main Entry: | wary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, cautious |
| Synonyms: | alert, attentive, cagey, calculating, canny, chary, circumspect, considerate, discreet, distrustful, doubting, frugal, gingerly, guarded, handling with kid gloves, heedful, keeping on one's toes, leery, on guard, on the lookout, on the qui vive, provident, prudent, safe, saving, sly, sparing, suspicious, thinking twice, thrifty, unwasteful, vigilant, walking on eggs, watchful, watching one's step, watching out, wide-awake |
| Notes: | to be wary is to be cautious or watchful; weary means fatigued or tired |
| Antonyms: | careless, foolish, heedless, incautious, indiscreet, rash, reckless |
| Main Entry: | watchful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on the lookout |
| Synonyms: | alert, all ears, attentive, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, glued, guarded, heedful, hooked, keen, not missing a trick, observant, 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, suspicious, unsleeping, vigilant, wakeful, wary, wide-awake, with eyes peeled |
| Antonyms: | inattentive, negligent |
| Main Entry: | defended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | protected |
| Synonyms: | guarded, safe, safeguarded |
| Main Entry: | fortified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defended |
| Synonyms: | armed, armored, barricaded, bastioned, bulwarked, buttressed, covered, entrenched, fortressed, garrisoned, guarded, manned, protected, reinforced, safeguarded, secured, strengthened, strong, supported, walled |
| Antonyms: | open, unguarded, unprotected |
| Main Entry: | held |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grasped |
| Synonyms: | adhered, believed, clutched, controlled, defended, detained, gripped, guarded, occupied, retained, taken |
| Antonyms: | freed, lost, released |
| Main Entry: | kept |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | retained |
| Synonyms: | at hand, clutched, guarded, held, maintained, on file, reserved, saved, watched over, withheld |
| Main Entry: | on guard |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | feeling wary |
| Synonyms: | alert, careful, cautious, defensive, guarded, heedful, mindful, observant, on one's guard, on one's toes, on the lookout, on the watch, vigilant, wary, watchful |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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