Wakeful

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wakeful \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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wakeful
       adj 1: 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" [syn: {argus-eyed}, {open-eyed}, {vigilant},
               {watchful}]
       2: (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light
          sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night" [syn: {light}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "wakeful":
     agile, alert, alive, attentive, awake, bright, insomniac,
     insomnious, keen, nimble, on the, on the alert, on the ball,
     on the job, prompt, qui vive, quick, ready, restless, sharp,
     sleepless, slumberless, smart, unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping,
     unwinking, wide-awake