| Main Entry: | watchfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vigilance |
Synonyms: |
alertness, attention, awareness, carefulness, caution, keenness, mindfulness, readiness, wakefulness, wariness |
| Main Entry: | anxiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry, tension |
Synonyms: |
all-overs, angst, ants in pants, apprehension, botheration, butterflies, care, cold sweat, concern, creeps, disquiet, disquietude, distress, doubt, downer, drag*, dread, fidgets, flap, foreboding, fretfulness, fuss, goose bumps, heebie-jeebies, jitters, jumps, misery, misgiving, mistrust, nail-biting, needles, nervousness, panic, pins and needles, restlessness, shakes, shivers, solicitude, suffering, suspense, sweat*, trouble, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness, willies, worriment |
Antonyms: |
assurance, calmness, composure, contentment, ease, happiness, nonchalance, peace, tranquility |
| Main Entry: | care |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carefulness, attention to detail |
Synonyms: |
alertness, caution, circumspection, concentration, concern, conscientiousness, consideration, diligence, direction, discrimination, effort, enthusiasm, exactness, exertion, fastidiousness, forethought, heed, interest, management, meticulousness, nicety, pains, particularity, precaution, prudence, regard, scrupulousness, solicitude, thought, trouble, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness |
Antonyms: |
carelessness, neglect, negligence, omission, oversight |
| Main Entry: | caution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alertness, carefulness |
Synonyms: |
Fabian policy, attention, canniness, care, circumspection, deliberation, discreetness, discretion, foresight, forethought, heed, heedfulness, providence, prudence, vigilance, watchfulness |
Antonyms: |
heedlessness, imprudence, indiscretion, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | discretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caution, judgment |
Synonyms: |
acumen, attention, calculation, canniness, care, carefulness, chariness, circumspection, concern, considerateness, consideration, deliberation, diplomacy, discernment, discrimination, foresight, forethought, good sense, gumption, heed, heedfulness, judiciousness, maturity, observation, perspicacity, precaution, presence of mind, providence, prudence, responsibility, sagacity, sense, shrewdness, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, vigilance, wariness, warning, watchfulness, wisdom |
Antonyms: |
carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | heed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, thought |
Synonyms: |
TLC, application, attention, carefulness, caution, cognizance, concentration, concern, consideration, debate, deliberation, ear, heedfulness, interest, listen up, mark, mind*, note, notice, observance, observation, regard, remark, respect, spotlight*, study, tender loving care, watchfulness |
Antonyms: |
carelessness, disregard, heedlessness, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | presence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composure of mind |
Synonyms: |
acumen, alertness, aplomb, calmness, cool, coolness, imperturbability, levelheadedness, quickness, sangfroid, self-assurance, self-command, self-composure, self-possession, sensibility, sobriety, watchfulness, wits |
Antonyms: |
agitation, confusion, distress, upset |
| Main Entry: | solicitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry, anxiety |
Synonyms: |
TLC, attention, attentiveness, care, compunction, concern, concernment, considerateness, consideration, disquiet, disquietude, heed, presentiment, qualm, regard, scruple, tender loving care, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness |
Antonyms: |
calm, contentedness, ease, peacefulness |
| Main Entry: | vigil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | watch |
Synonyms: |
attention, awareness, duty, eagle eye, guard, lookout, monitoring, nightwatch, notice, observance, observation, patrol, stake-out, surveillance, vigilance, watchfulness |
| Main Entry: | vigilance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carefulness |
Synonyms: |
acuity, alertness, attention, attentiveness, caution, circumspection, diligence, lookout, observance, surveillance, vigil, watch, watchfulness |
Antonyms: |
carelessness, impulsiveness, indiscretion, negligence |