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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | anxious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worried, tense |
| Synonyms: | afraid, aghast, antsy*, apprehensive, basket case, bugged, butterflies, careful, choked, clutched, concerned, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, dreading, fearful, fidgety, fretful, hacked, hyper, in a state, in a tizzy, in suspense, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, overwrought, restless, scared, shaking, shaky, shivery, shook up, shot to pieces, solicitous, spooked, strung out, sweating bullets, taut, troubled, uneasy, unglued, unquiet, uptight*, watchful, wired, worried sick, wreck* |
| Antonyms: | assured, calm, content, cool, happy, indifferent, peaceful, tranqil, unconcerned, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | awake |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conscious; alert |
| Synonyms: | alive, aroused, attentive, awakened, aware, cognizant, excited, heedful, knowing, observant, on guard, roused, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful |
| Antonyms: | asleep, unconscious |
| Main Entry: | canny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clever, artful |
| Synonyms: | able, acute, adroit, astute, cagey, careful, cautious, circumspect, cunning, dexterous, discreet, foxy*, frugal, having fancy footwork, hep, ingenious, intelligent, judicious, knowing, nimble-witted, perspicacious, prudent, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, shrewd, skillful, slick, slippery*, sly, smart, smooth*, street smart, streetwise, subtle, wary, watchful, wise, with it, worldly-wise |
| Antonyms: | foolish, inept, silly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cautious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, guarded |
| Synonyms: | alert, all ears, cagey, calculating, chary, circumspect, considerate, discreet, forethoughtful, gingerly, hedging one's bets, heedful, judicious, keeping on one's toes, leery, on the lookout, playing it cool, playing safe, politic, provident, prudent, pussyfoot, safe, shrewd, taking it easy, taking it slow, tentative, thinking twice, vigilant, walking on eggs, wary, watchful, watching one's step, watching out, with one's eyes peeled |
| Antonyms: | careless, hasty, heedless, imprudent, incautious, rash, thoughtless, uncareful, unguarded, unobservant |
| Main Entry: | chary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, cautious |
| Synonyms: | cagey, calculating, canny, circumspect, considerate, constrained, discreet, economical, fastidious, frugal, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, inhibited, leery, loath, miserly, particular, prudent, reluctant, restrained, safe, scrupulous, sparing, stingy, suspicious, thrifty, uneasy, wary, watchful |
| Antonyms: | careless, hasty, heedless, incautious, rash, uncareful, willing |
| Main Entry: | circumspect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious, discreet |
| Synonyms: | attentive, cagey, calculating, canny, careful, chary, considerate, deliberate, discriminating, gingerly, guarded, heedful, judicious, meticulous, observant, politic, prudent, punctilious, safe, sagacious, sage, scrupulous, vigilant, wary, watchful |
| Antonyms: | audacious, bold, careless, incautious, indiscreet, rash, uncareful, uncircumspect, unheedful |
| Main Entry: | conscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alert, awake |
| Synonyms: | able to recognize, acquainted, aesthetic, alive to, apperceptive, apprised, assured, attentive, au courant, aware, certain, cognizant, conversant, discerning, felt, hep to, in on, in right mind, informed, keen, knowing, known, mindful, noticing, noting, observing, on to, perceiving, percipient, recognizing, remarking, responsive, seeing, sensible, sensitive to, sentient, supraliminal, sure, understanding, vigilant, watchful, wise to, with it, witting |
| Notes: | conscience is the noun meaning 'a sense of right and wrong' while conscious is the adjective meaning 'aware of something, being awake' |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, impassive, indifferent, senseless, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unresponsive |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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