Watchful

3 definitions found

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

  Watchful \Watch"ful\, a.
     Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe
     closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to
     be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's
     behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided;
     as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits.


     "Many a watchful night." --Shak. "Happy watchful shepherds."
     --Milton.
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           'Twixt prayer and watchful love his heart dividing.
                                                    --Keble.
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     Syn: Vigilant; attentive; cautious; observant; circumspect;
          wakeful; heedful.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Watch"ful*ly}, adv. --
          {Watch"ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  watchful
       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},
               {wakeful}]
       2: experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old
          people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night";
          "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare
          [syn: {insomniac}, {sleepless}]

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

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "watchful":
     Argus-eyed, advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, assiduous,
     attentive, aux aguets, aware, careful, cautious, chary,
     circumspect, concentrated, conscious, covering, custodial,
     defensive, diligent, eagle-eyed, earnest, finical, finicking,
     finicky, fostering, guarded, guardian, guarding, hawk-eyed,
     heedful, immunizing, intense, intent, intentive, keen-eyed,
     lidless, meticulous, mindful, nice, niggling, observant, observing,
     on guard, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, on the watch,
     open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, parental, preventive, prompt,
     prophylactic, protecting, protective, prudent, quick, ready,
     regardful, safeguarding, screening, sharp-eyed, sheltering,
     shielding, sleepless, tutelary, unsleeping, vigilant, wakeful,
     wary, wide-awake, with open eyes