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alertness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of alertness

1 a close attentiveness to avoiding danger

  • drove through the fog with extra alertness, as the road signs repeatedly warned of deer and moose crossings
Synonyms of alertness

care, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, chariness, circumspection, gingerliness, guardedness, heedfulness, prudence, wariness
Words Related to alertness

attentiveness, observance, vigilance, watchfulness

foresight, foresightedness, providence

calculation, canniness, deliberateness, deliberation, shrewdness
Near Antonyms of alertness

abruptness, hastiness, impetuousness, precipitousness, rashness, suddenness

inconsiderateness, inconsideration, thoughtlessness
Antonyms of alertness

brashness, carelessness, heedlessness, incaution, incautiousness, recklessness, unwariness

2 the state of being constantly attentive and responsive to signs of opportunity, activity, or danger

  • we observed the U.S. border patrolʼs intensified alertness for drug smugglers at the border stations
Synonyms of alertness

alert, attentiveness, qui vive, red alert, vigilance, watch, watchfulness
Words Related to alertness

aliveness, awareness, consciousness, mindfulness, receptiveness, receptivity, sensitivity

care, carefulness, cautiousness, chariness, heedfulness, wariness

preparation, readiness
Near Antonyms of alertness

absentmindedness, abstraction, daydreaming, daze, distraction

absorption, engrossment, obliviousness, preoccupation

unawareness, unconsciousness

carelessness, heedlessness, inattention, inattentiveness, inobservance

unwariness

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