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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | au courant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in the current |
| Synonyms: | aware, cognizant, current, enlightened, hip*, hip, informed, knowledgeable, up-to-date, well-informed, abreast of, up on, up to speed, up to speed, up-to-the-minute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awake |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conscious; alert |
| Synonyms: | alive, attentive, aware, cognizant, excited, heedful, knowing, observant, on guard, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful, aroused, awakened, roused |
| Antonyms: | asleep, unconscious |
| Main Entry: | conversant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced, familiar with |
| Synonyms: | abreast, acquainted, alive, apprehensive, au courant, au fait, aware, cognizant, conscious, cool*, hip*, informed, into, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, perceptive, practiced, proficient, sensible, sentient, skilled, up*, up-to-date, versed, well-informed, comprehending, down with, hep, kept posted, on the beam, percipient, plugged in, versant, witting |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, inexperienced, quiet, silent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enlightened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | informed, educated |
| Synonyms: | aware, broad-minded, civilized, cultivated, hip to, in the picture, instructed, knowing what's what, knowledgeable, learned, liberal, literate, open-minded, plugged in, reasonable, refined, savvy, sharp, sophisticated, tuned in, wised up |
| Antonyms: | confounded, confused, in the dark, misled, perplexed, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed |
| Main Entry: | insightful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | perceptive |
| Synonyms: | alert, astute, awake, aware, brainy, conscious, cute, discerning, ear to the ground, intelligent, intuitive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, knows what's what, observant, penetrating, penetrative, quick, responsive, savvy, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, smart, tuned in, understanding, wise |
| Main Entry: | meditative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contemplative |
| Synonyms: | awake, aware, introspective, musing, pensive, philosophical, rapt, reflective, thinking, thoughtful, cogitative, lucubratory, prayerful, ruminant, ruminative |
| Main Entry: | perceptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alert, sensitive |
| Synonyms: | acute, astute, awake, aware, brainy*, conscious, discerning, discreet, ear to the ground, gnostic, incisive, insighted, insightful, intuitive, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, knows what's what, observant, penetrating, penetrative, percipient, perspicacious, quick, rational, responsive, sagacious, sage, savvy*, sharp, sophic, tuned in, wise, wise to |
| Antonyms: | dense, insensitive, unaware, unobservant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | animated, happy |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, aware, bright, brisk, bubbly, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, gay, jaunty, lively, spirited, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, bouncy, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, in fine fettle |
| Antonyms: | depressed, gloomy |
| Main Entry: | perspicacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | observant, perceptive |
| Synonyms: | acute, alert, astute, aware, clever, discerning, heady*, judicious, keen, penetrating, sagacious, savvy*, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, clear-sighted, percipient |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, unobservant, unperceptive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | regardful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attentive, observant |
| Synonyms: | aware, careful, considerate, deferential, dutiful, heedful, mindful, observing, respectful, thoughtful, watchful, advertent, arrect, duteous, intentive, observative |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, inattentive, unobservant, disregarding |
| Main Entry: | responsive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick to react |
| Synonyms: | active, alive, awake, aware, compassionate, conscious, forthcoming, impressionable, kindhearted, open, passionate, perceptive, persuadable, receptive, sensible, sensitive, sentient, sharp, softhearted, susceptible, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted, acknowledging, answering, influenceable, reactive, replying, respondent, sensile, susceptive |
| Antonyms: | insensitive, unresponsive, unsusceptible |
| Main Entry: | sage |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise |
| Synonyms: | astute, aware, careful, clever, contemplative, cunning, discerning, educated, enlightened, experienced, informed, insightful, intelligent, intuitive, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, perceptive, reflective, sagacious, sapient, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, sound, thoughtful, understanding, foresighted |
| Main Entry: | sensible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic, reasonable |
| Synonyms: | all there, astute, attentive, au courant, aware, canny, cognizant, commonsensical, conscious, consequent, conversant, cool*, discerning, discreet, discriminating, down-to-earth, far-sighted, having all one's marbles, in right mind, informed, intelligent, judicious, knowing, logical, matter-of-fact, practical, prudent, rational, sagacious, sage, sane, sentient, shrewd, sober, sound, together, well-reasoned, well-thought-out, wise, witting |
| Notes: | sensible means showing reason or sound judgment; sensitive means responsive to physical stimuli or having the capacity or ability of perceiving with a sense or senses |
| Antonyms: | indiscreet, senseless, unrealistic, unreasonable, unwise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sentient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conscious |
| Synonyms: | alert, attentive, awake, aware, cognizant, feeling, informed, knowing, noticing, observing, perceiving, receptive, responsive, seeing, understanding, watchful, able to recognize, apperceptive, in on, in the right mind, recognizing, sensitive to |
| Main Entry: | tactful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtful, careful |
| Synonyms: | adroit, aware, cautious, civil, considerate, courteous, deft, delicate, diplomatic, discreet, gentle, judicious, observant, perceptive, polished, polite, politic, prudent, sensitive, skilled, skillful, suave, subtle, sympathetic, tactical, understanding, urbane, wise, poised |
| Antonyms: | careless, indiscreet, tactless, unthoughtful |
| Main Entry: | vigilant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, watchful |
| Synonyms: | acute, agog, alert, anxious, attentive, aware, cautious, circumspect, guarded, keen, observant, on guard, on the ball*, sharp, sleepless, wakeful, wary, wide-awake, looking for, looking to, on alert, on the job, on the lookout, on the qui vive, on toes, open-eyed, unsleeping, waiting on, with eyes peeled, with weather eye open |
| Antonyms: | careless, impulsive, inattentive, indiscreet, negligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | well-balanced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sensible; equal |
| Synonyms: | all there, astute, aware, cognizant, discriminating, graceful, having all one's marbles, informed, intelligent, knowing, level-headed, logical, mentally stable, practical, proportional, prudent, rational, reasonable, sane, sound, symmetrical, together, well-thought-out, wise |
| Main Entry: | wise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intelligent, reasonable |
| Synonyms: | astute, aware, calculating, careful, clever, contemplative, crafty, cunning, discerning, discreet, educated, enlightened, erudite, experienced, grasping, informed, insightful, intuitive, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, prudent, rational, reflective, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, sound, tactful, taught, thoughtful, understanding, wary, well-informed, witty, cogitative, foresighted, sensing, sophic |
| Antonyms: | foolish, ignorant, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise |
| Main Entry: | with it |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cognizant; stylish |
| Synonyms: | alive, apprehensive, au courant, awake, aware, chic, conscious, cool*, familiar, groovy*, hip to, in vogue, informed, knowing, knowledgeable, latest, mod*, now*, observant, perceptive, savvy, trendy, versed, hep to, in, in fashion, in on, in the know, on to, plugged in, switched on, tuned in, turned on, up on, wise to |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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