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alertness

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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 patrol's 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

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