watchful English

Meaning watchful meaning

What does watchful mean?

watchful

— adjective (= alert) 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

— adjective (= insomniac, sleepless) experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness insomniac old people insomniac nights lay sleepless all night twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights — Shakespeare

Synonyms watchful synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as watchful?

watchful English » English

vigilant

alert

cautious

careful

attentive

awake

wary

observant

wakeful

sleepless

heedful

wide-awake

protective

on guard

defensive

open-eyed

mindful

unsleeping

pay attention

observing

lidless

insomniac

circumspect

beware

be on guard

argus-eyed

advertent

zippy

watchdog

ware

waking

wake

unwinking

thoughtful

tactful

spirited

restless

regardful

precautious

perky

perceptive

painstaking

not sleeping

not lazy

lie in wait

heads-up

hawk-eyed

guarded

expectant

diligent

Topics watchful topics

What do people use watchful to talk about?

Person Sense, perceive See

Watch

• What words refer to always watching to see if anything bad happens?
  alert watchful vigilant keep your eyes peeled keep your eyes open look out keep a lookout for

Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Alert

• What words describe someone who is alert?
  alert watchful vigilant keep your eyes peeled aware clear headed coherent wary mindful responsive sensitive

Examples watchful examples

How do I use watchful in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Not being watchful, the driver failed to stop in time.

He was watchful for any sign of diabetes.

Be watchful.

Movie subtitles

The poor, condemned English, like sacrifices, by their watchful fires sit patiently and inly ruminate the morning's danger.

With the inconvenient consequence that her public appearances were invariably made under the watchful eyes of the metropolitan police.

Under our watchful eye, of course.

Look there, on the horizon, is a smile so soft you have to be very quiet and watchful to see it at all.

Not sleeping, to engross his idle body. but praying, to enrich his watchful soul.

To thee I do commend my watchful soul. ere I let fall the windows of mine eyes.

The prisoners keep these mad, always inaccurate books under the watchful eye ofthe SS and the privileged Kapos.

And everywhere the lash of watchful taskmasters ready to sting the backs of the weary.

Well, be watchful, Mr. Kilpatrick.

I'm quite safe with my watchful wife, my job, and candy for entertainment.

Hard and watchful, anxious for battle. when that which the Major hated most occurred.

Be very watchful!

Be watchful.

Quiet, discreet, unobtrusive, and yet always keeping a watchful eye on us.

Watchful but clumsy.

You may accompany the couple. Under our watchful eye, of course.

Be watchful of our safety up there until we've landed.

But be wary, and watchful.

Nurses ordered to be nigh, to keep on him a watchful eye.

Obviously you haven't the remotest idea how much a bottle of Grand Marnier is worth. or you'd be more watchful of every drop.

I'll keep a watchful eye on him, your Lordship.

Just so I can keep a watchful eye on you two.

Under my watchful eye of course, hmm?

I'll make Okama watchful of money.

There was 4 of em, one with only one eye, but very watchful, marked everything.

I'll keep a watchful eye out!

Pike would be more watchful.

Under the watchful eye of experienced bricklayers. like Ozanski and others. he learned this demanding and beautiful trade.

The other is always watchful.

If I'm not watchful, you'll go right past me.

I owe everything I have to my mother's watchful eye. and swift hand.

Thankfully I was watchful.

News and current affairs

Rivero formed an independent news service and under the noses-and watchful eyes-of the authorities, sent his work abroad.

As the world concentrates on the war in Iraq, it should keep a watchful eye on India, suggests the novelist Arundhati Roy, because a form of Hindu fascism is growing ever stronger in the subcontinent.

Despite the watchful eyes of Big Brother in Beijing, the Internet is sowing the seeds of free speech in China.

The Kremlin's campaign against gay rights has secured the support of the church, while reminding ordinary Russians that the state takes a watchful interest in their lives.