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Watchful Moderate

Watchful has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

engaged in or accustomed to close observation

"caught by a couple of alert cops"

"alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"

"constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"

2

experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness

"insomniac old people"

"insomniac nights"

"lay sleepless all night"

"twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"

3

Fully observant, vigilant, or aware.

Example Sentences
"caught by a couple of alert cops" adjective
"alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came" adjective
"constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty" adjective
"insomniac old people" adjective
"insomniac nights" adjective
"lay sleepless all night" adjective
"twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights" adjective
See Also
vigilant observant heedful waker unwatchful keep one's eyes peeled dragonism wakeful
Related Terms
Antonyms
unwatchful
Rhyming Words
awful woful urnful earful endful woeful cupful hueful dueful manful jugful aimful wilful aidful useful canful binful busful armful owlful
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