vigilant
adj/ˈvɪd͡ʒɪlənt/
Etymology From French vigilant or its source, Latin vigilans, present participle of vigilare (“stay awake”), from vigil (“awake”). Doublet of vigilante, from Spanish. Displaced Old English wacor.
1
Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
- Be vigilant for signs of disease in your garden.
- von der LUTKE / Argent, a crane vigilant proper. AG. Carl von der Lutke. Arr. 1857 with the British German Crimea legion. Obtained a grant of land in the Eastern Province of the Cape Colony.1972, C. Pama, Heraldry of South African Families: Coats of Arms/ Crests/ Ancestry:
- [...] and sharing the same heraldry : argent, a crane, vigilant, or,[…]1997, Saint Thomas More, More to Cranevelt, Leuven University Press, →ISBN, page 23:
- Synonyms
- alert, aware, careful, circumspect, observant, on the qui vive, wakesome, wary, watchful, heedful, hip, on guard, on the lookout, on the watch, on watch, vigilant, wakeful, woke
- Antonyms
- complacent, heedless, oblivious, unalert, unaware, unprepared, unwary, unwitting
- Derived terms
- pharmacovigilant, vigilantly
- Related terms
- vigil, vigilance, vigilante, pay attention
- Hyponyms
- Argus-eyed