Synonyms of watchfulness

watchfulness

noun

as in vigilance

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

it was only her motherly watchfulness that saved the boy from an accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vigilance
• alertness
• watch
• alert
• attentiveness
• mindfulness
• awareness
• consciousness
• sensitivity
• receptivity
• red alert
• receptiveness
• wariness
• carefulness
• cautiousness
• aliveness
• readiness
• qui vive
• preparation
• heedfulness
• care
• chariness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preoccupation
• absorption
• abstraction
• absentmindedness
• distraction
• daydreaming
• obliviousness
• daze
• carelessness
• inattention
• engrossment
• unawareness
• unconsciousness
• heedlessness
• inattentiveness
• inobservance
• unwariness

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• preoccupation
• absorption
• abstraction
• absentmindedness
• distraction
• daydreaming
• obliviousness
• daze
• carelessness
• inattention
• engrossment
• unawareness
• unconsciousness
• heedlessness
• inattentiveness
• inobservance
• unwariness

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