Use vigilant to describe someone who keeps awake and alert in order to avoid danger or problems. When taking the subway, be vigilant about your wallet––always know where it is, or someone might steal it from you.
Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary.
Adjective S.
carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"
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Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for
safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary.
Vigilant
Sirs, take your places, and be vigilant.
Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary.
Usage Examples
We in the United States should be all the more thankful for the freedom and religious tolerance we enjoy. And we should always remember the lessons learned from the Holocaust, in hopes we stay vigilant against such inhumanity now and in the future.
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Other Usage ExamplesRemaining vigilant toward this ever-present threat means constantly learning how better to protect ourselves. But primarily it reminds us that we must fight and win the war on terror, so that we do not have to fight it here in America.