Entry Word: vigilance

Function: noun

Meaning: the act or state of being constantly attentive and responsive to signs of opportunity, activity, or danger <eternal vigilance is the price of freedom>

Synonyms alertness, attentiveness, lookout, surveillance, watch, watchfulness

Related Words aliveness, awareness, consciousness, sensitivity; heedfulness, observance, observation; sleeplessness, wakefulness; care, carefulness, caution, chariness, wariness; preparation, readiness

Near Antonyms absentmindedness, absorption, abstraction, daydreaming, daze, distraction; engrossment, obliviousness, preoccupation; unawareness, unconsciousness; carelessness, heedlessness, inattention, inattentiveness; unwariness