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watchful

[woch-fuhl]

adjective

  1. vigilant or alert; closely observant.

    The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,
  2. Archaic.wakeful.



watchful

/ ˈɒʃʊ /

adjective

  1. vigilant or alert

  2. archaicnot sleeping

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • watchfully adverb
  • watchfulness noun
  • self-watchfulness noun
  • unwatchful adjective
  • unwatchfully adverb
  • unwatchfulness noun
  • ˈɲٳڳܱ adverb
  • ˈɲٳڳܱԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of watchful1

First recorded in 1540–50; watch + -ful
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Synonym Study

See alert.
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Example Sentences

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He wasn’t under the watchful eye of Chargers executive director of player performance Ben Herbert this offseason.

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Under the watchful gaze of security guards, dozens of people streamed through metal detectors to enter Temple Israel one evening this month for a town hall meeting on hate crimes and domestic terrorism.

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Vargas tried to keep a watchful eye over her daughter.

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There is still a watchful wariness in Brussels about Britain's fraught and divisive debate about relations with the EU.

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For more than a decade, a pair of Hobbit-inspired eagle sculptures have cast a watchful eye over visitors at New Zealand's Wellington Airport.

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