wakeful
1Wakeful — Wake ful, a. Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant. [1913 Webster] Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright. Dryden. [1913 Webster] {Wake ful*ly}, adv. {Wake ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …
2wakeful — [wāk′fəl] adj. 1. keeping awake; not sleeping 2. alert; watchful; vigilant 3. a) unable to sleep b) sleepless [a wakeful night] wakefully adv. wakefulness n …
3wakeful — index vigilant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4wakeful — [adj] alert, restless alive, astir, attentive, careful, heedful, insomniac, insomnious, observant, on guard, on the alert, on the lookout, on the qui vive, sleepless, unsleeping, vigilant, waking, wary, watchful, wide awake; concepts 539,542 Ant …
5wakeful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable or not needing to sleep. 2) alert and vigilant. DERIVATIVES wakefulness noun …
6wakeful — wakefully, adv. wakefulness, n. /wayk feuhl/, adj. 1. unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep: Excitement made the children wakeful. 2. characterized by absence of sleep: a wakeful night. 3. watchful; alert; vigilant: a wakeful foe.… …
7wakeful — wake|ful [ˈweıkfəl] adj literary a) not sleeping or unable to sleep ▪ She lay wakeful in her room for most of the night. b) a wakeful period of time is one when you cannot sleep >wakefulness n [U] …
8wakeful — [[t]we͟ɪkfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is wakeful finds it difficult to get to sleep and wakes up very often when they should be sleeping. Wakeful babies will often continue to need little sleep as they grow older. Derived words: wakefulness N… …
9wakeful — adjective 1 a) unable to sleep: lying wakeful in the hot night b) a wakeful period of time is one when you cannot sleep 2 formal ready to do whatever is necessary wakefulness noun (U) …
10wakeful — adjective 1) he had been wakeful all night Syn: awake, restless, restive, tossing and turning Ant: asleep 2) I was suddenly wakeful Syn: alert, watchful, vigilant …
