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watchfuladjective paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunitythe toddler played under the watchful eye of her parents alert, Argus-eyed, attentive, awake, observant, open-eyed, tenty(also tentie, Scottish), vigilant, wide-awake alive, aware, conscious, sensitivecognizant, heedful, keen, mindful, observing, regardful, sharp, sharp-eyedhyperalert, hypervigilant, sleepless, wakefulcareful, cautious, chary, waryprepared, ready on guard, on one's toes, on the alert, on the ball, on the qui vive, on tiptoe asleep absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, daydreaming, dazed, distracted, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, insensible, oblivious, preoccupiedsleeping, unaware, unconscious, unknowing, unwittingcareless, heedless, inattentive, unheeding, unmindful, unthinking, unwaryunprepared, unready watchful, vigilant, wide-awake, alert mean being on the lookout especially for danger or opportunity.watchful is the least explicit term.the watchful eye of the department supervisor vigilant suggests intense, unremitting, wary watchfulness.eternally vigilant in the safeguarding of democracy wide-awake applies to watchfulness for opportunities and developments more often than dangers.wide-awake companies latched onto the new technology alert stresses readiness or promptness in meeting danger or in seizing opportunity.alert traders anticipated the stock market's slide in the 15th century |