Alert
[n] an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
[n] a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
[n] condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"
[adj] not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert"
[adj] very attentive or observant; "an alert and responsive baby is a joy"; "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"
[adj] (usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"
[adj] mentally responsive; "an alert mind"
[v] warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
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Synonyms
alarm, alarm, alarum, alerting, alive(p), argus-eyed, aware(p), conscious, fly, heads-up, intelligent, lidless, on the alert(p), on the job(p), open-eyed, perched, perked, perked up, qui vive, sleepless, vigilant, wakeful, warning signal, watchful, wide-a
Related Terms
active, admonish, advertent, advise, agile, agog, air-raid alarm, alarm, alarm bell, alarm clock, alarm signal, alarum, alert for, alive, all clear, all ears, all eyes, animated, apt, arouse, assiduous, attentive, awake, aware, beacon, blinking light, bra