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watchful
[woch-fuhl]
adjective
vigilant or alert; closely observant.
The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
Synonyms: , , , , ,Archaic.wakeful.
watchful
/ ˈɒʃʊ /
adjective
vigilant or alert
archaicnot sleeping
Other Word Forms
- watchfully adverb
- watchfulness noun
- self-watchfulness noun
- unwatchful adjective
- unwatchfully adverb
- unwatchfulness noun
- ˈɲٳڳܱ adverb
- ˈɲٳڳܱԱ noun
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He wasn’t under the watchful eye of Chargers executive director of player performance Ben Herbert this offseason.
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.
Vargas tried to keep a watchful eye over her daughter.
There is still a watchful wariness in Brussels about Britain's fraught and divisive debate about relations with the EU.
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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