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alertness - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | alertness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | watchfulness |
| Synonyms: | readiness, vigilance, attentiveness, sharpness |
| Main Entry: | agility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical or mental nimbleness, deftness |
| Synonyms: | activity, acuteness, adroitness, alacrity, alertness, celerity, cleverness, dexterity, dispatch, expedition, liveliness, promptness, quickness, swiftness, briskness, fleetness, friskiness, litheness, promptitude, quickwittedness, sharpness, sprightliness, spryness, suppleness |
| Antonyms: | clumsiness, stiffness |
| Main Entry: | alacrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; promptness |
| Synonyms: | alertness, avidity, cheerfulness, dispatch, eagerness, enthusiasm, expedition, fervor, gaiety, hilarity, quickness, readiness, speed, willingness, zeal, briskness, joyousness, promptitude, sprightliness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, aversion, disinclination, dullness, indifference, reluctance, slowness, unwillingness |
| Main Entry: | awareness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knowledge |
| Synonyms: | acquaintance, alertness, appreciation, apprehension, attention, cognizance, comprehension, consciousness, discernment, enlightenment, experience, familiarity, information, keenness, perception, realization, recognition, sensibility, understanding, acquaintanceship, aliveness, attentiveness, bodhi, mindfulness, sentience |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, insensitivity, unconsciousness |
| Main Entry: | consciousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knowledge |
| Synonyms: | alertness, apprehension, awareness, care, cognizance, concern, heed, realization, recognition, regard, sensibility, carefulness, heedfulness, mindfulness |
| Antonyms: | stupidity, senselessness, unconsciousness |
| Main Entry: | diligence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perseverance in carrying out action |
| Synonyms: | activity, alertness, application, attention, care, constancy, earnestness, exertion, heed, industry, intensity, intent, keenness, quickness, vigor, assiduity, assiduousness, attentiveness, briskness, carefulness, heedfulness, intentness, laboriousness, pertinacity, sedulousness |
| Antonyms: | indifference, laziness, lethargy, neglect, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | smarts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intelligence |
| Synonyms: | acumen, alertness, aptitude, brightness, cleverness, competence, comprehension, gray matter, intellect, judgment, know-how, mind, perception, perspicacity, reason, savvy, sense, understanding, IQ, acuity, brainpower, brains, brilliance, precocity, the right stuff, what it takes |
| Main Entry: | vigilance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carefulness |
| Synonyms: | alertness, attention, caution, diligence, lookout, observance, surveillance, vigil, watch, watchfulness, acuity, attentiveness, circumspection |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, indiscretion, negligence, impulsiveness |
| Main Entry: | vigor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, energy |
| Synonyms: | ability, action, activity, agility, alertness, bang*, bounce, capability, capacity, dash, drive, endurance, enterprise, exercise, fire, force, go*, intensity, juice*, kick*, liveliness, might, motion, moxie*, muscle*, nimbleness, pep*, pith, potency, puissance, punch*, push, quickness, snap*, sock, soundness, starch*, steam*, strength, tuck*, urgency, vehemence, vim, vitality, well-being, zing*, zip*, birr, dynamism, get-up-and-go, hardiness, healthiness, lustiness |
| Antonyms: | idleness, lethargy, weakness, enervation, inactivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wariness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caution |
| Synonyms: | alertness, attention, care, deliberation, discretion, heed, prudence, vigilance, watchfulness, carefulness, guardedness, heedfulness |
| Main Entry: | preparedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | readiness |
| Synonyms: | alertness, mobility, preparation, willingness, zeal |
| Main Entry: | watchfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vigilance |
| Synonyms: | alertness, attention, awareness, caution, keenness, readiness, wakefulness, wariness, carefulness, mindfulness |
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something done |
| Synonyms: | activity, agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, bag*, bit*, business, bustle, commotion, dash, deal, energy, enterprise, flurry, force, game, happening, haste, hoopla*, industry, life, liveliness, motion, movement, occupation, operation, plan, power, process, proposition, racket*, reaction, response, rush, scene, spirit, stir, stunt, trip, turmoil, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, ballgame, big idea, functioning, going, hopper, in the works |
| Antonyms: | cessation, idleness, inaction, inertia, repose, rest, stoppage, inactivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intelligence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to perceive, understand |
| Synonyms: | acumen, agility, alertness, aptitude, brightness, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, discernment, gray matter, intellect, judgment, luminosity, mentality, mind, penetration, perception, perspicacity, quickness, quotient, reason, sagacity, savvy, sense, skill, smarts, subtlety, understanding, wit, IQ, acuity, brainpower, brains, brilliance, coruscation, precocity, the right stuff, trenchancy, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inability, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | preparation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, readiness |
| Synonyms: | alertness, anticipation, arrangement, background, base, basis, construction, dry run*, education, establishment, evolution, expectation, fitting, foresight, formation, foundation, gestation, groundwork, manufacture, measure, plan, precaution, preparedness, preparing, provision, qualification, rehearsal, rundown, safeguard, study, training, tryout, workout, build-up, getting ready, homework, incubation, lead time, making ready, putting in order, readying, schoolwork, substructure |
| Antonyms: | unreadiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wakefulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | watchfulness |
| Synonyms: | alertness, attention, vigilance |
| Main Entry: | care |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carefulness, attention to detail |
| Synonyms: | alertness, caution, concentration, concern, conscientiousness, consideration, diligence, direction, discrimination, effort, enthusiasm, exactness, exertion, forethought, heed, interest, management, nicety, precaution, prudence, regard, solicitude, thought, trouble, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness, circumspection, fastidiousness, meticulousness, pains, particularity, scrupulousness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, neglect, negligence, omission, oversight |
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resourcefulness, energy |
| Synonyms: | activity, alertness, ambition, audacity, boldness, courage, daring, dash, drive, eagerness, enthusiasm, force, foresight, gumption, hustle, industry, initiative, pluck, push, readiness, resource, spirit, vigor, zeal, adventurousness, get-up-and-go, inventiveness, self-reliance, venturesomeness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, idleness, indolence, passiveness, passivity |
| Main Entry: | watch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lookout |
| Synonyms: | alertness, attention, awareness, duty, eagle eye*, eye*, guard, hawk, heed, inspection, notice, observance, observation, patrol, picket, scrutiny, sentinel, sentry, supervision, surveillance, tab, tout, vigil, vigilance, watchfulness, weather eye*, gander |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | presence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composure of mind |
| Synonyms: | acumen, alertness, aplomb, calmness, cool, coolness, quickness, sangfroid, self-assurance, self-possession, sensibility, sobriety, watchfulness, imperturbability, levelheadedness, self-command, self-composure, wits |
| Antonyms: | agitation, confusion, distress, upset |
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