watchful

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watchful - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Watchful \Watch"ful\, a.
     Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe
     closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to
     be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's
     behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided;
     as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits.
     "Many a watchful night." --Shak. "Happy watchful shepherds."
     --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           'Twixt prayer and watchful love his heart dividing.
                                                    --Keble.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Vigilant; attentive; cautious; observant; circumspect;
          wakeful; heedful.
          [1913 Webster] -- Watch"ful*ly, adv. --
          Watch"ful*ness, n.
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watchful - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  watchful
      adj 1: engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by
             a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the
             opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and
             vigilant, like a sentinel on duty" [syn: alert,
             watchful] [ant: unalert, unvigilant, unwatchful]
      2: experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old
         people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night";
         "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare [syn:
         insomniac, sleepless, watchful]

watchful - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "watchful":
     Argus-eyed, advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, assiduous,
     attentive, aux aguets, aware, careful, cautious, chary,
     circumspect, concentrated, conscious, covering, custodial,
     defensive, diligent, eagle-eyed, earnest, finical, finicking,
     finicky, fostering, guarded, guardian, guarding, hawk-eyed,
     heedful, immunizing, intense, intent, intentive, keen-eyed,
     lidless, meticulous, mindful, nice, niggling, observant, observing,
     on guard, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, on the watch,
     open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, parental, preventive, prompt,
     prophylactic, protecting, protective, prudent, quick, ready,
     regardful, safeguarding, screening, sharp-eyed, sheltering,
     shielding, sleepless, tutelary, unsleeping, vigilant, wakeful,
     wary, wide-awake, with open eyes