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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | wide-awake |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fully awake |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, all ears, attentive, bright, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fast on the draw, heads up, intelligent, lively, on guard, on one's toes, on one's toes, on the ball, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, psyched up, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, vigilant, watchful, wide-eyed, wired |
| Main Entry: | open-eyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alert |
| 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, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide-awake, wired, wise*, with it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | embolden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage |
| Synonyms: | boost, buoy, cheer, energize, enhearten, exhilarate, give courage, give pep talk, goad, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, psyche up, push, rally, reassure, refresh, revitalize, spur, stir, sway |
| Main Entry: | encourage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate spiritually |
| Synonyms: | animate, applaud, boost, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, comfort, console, embolden, energize, enhearten, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, galvanize, give shot in arm, gladden, goad, hearten, incite, inspire, inspirit, instigate, praise, prick, prop up, psych up, push, rally, reassure, refresh, restore, revitalize, revivify, rouse, spur, steel, stir, strengthen, sway |
| Antonyms: | dampen, deject, depress, deter, discourage, dispirit, dissuade, uninspire |
| Main Entry: | prepared |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ready in body or mind |
| Synonyms: | able, adapted, adjusted, all bases covered, all set, all systems go, arranged, available, disposed, fit, fixed, framed, gaffed, groomed, handy, in order, in readiness, inclined, minded, of a mind, on guard, planned, predisposed, prepped, primed, processed, psyched-up, put up, qualified, rehearsed, rigged, set, set-up, sewed-up, stacked, up on, up*, willing, wired |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, neglectful, unprepared, unready |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ready |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare |
| Synonyms: | arrange, brace, brief, clear the decks, equip, fill in, fit, fit out, fix, fortify, gear up, get, get ready, get set, gird, keep posted, let in on, make, make ready, make up, order, organize, pave the way, post, prep, provide, psych up, put on to, set, strengthen, warm up, wise up |
| Antonyms: | hold back, retard, slow |
| Main Entry: | inspirit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage |
| Synonyms: | animate, applaud, boost, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, comfort, console, embolden, energize, enhearten, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, galvanize, give shot in arm, gladden, goad, hearten, incite, inspire, instigate, motivate, praise, prick, prop up, psych up, push*, rally, reassure, refresh, restore, revitalize, revivify, rouse, spur, steel, stir, strengthen, sway |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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