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Watchfulness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Watchfulness has 2 senses
- watchfulness(n = noun.cognition) alertness, vigilance, wakefulness - the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue" is a kind of attention
- watchfulness(n = noun.attribute) vigilance, weather eye - vigilant attentiveness; "he keeps a weather eye open for trouble" is a kind of attentiveness
has particulars: jealousy
Derived form adjective watchful1
Derived form adjective watchful1
ROGET THESAURUS
Watchfulness
Care
N care, solicitude, heed, heedfulness, scruple, watchfulness, vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre, alertness, attention, prudence &c, circumspection, anxiety, forethought, precaution, tidiness accuracy, minuteness, attention to detail, careful regardful, heedful, taking care, particular, prudent, considerate, thoughtful, provident, alert, sure-footed, guarded, on one's guard, on the qui vivre, on the alert, on watch, on the lookout, awake, broad awake, vigilant, watchful, wakeful, wistful, Argus-eyed, wide awake, on the watch for (expectant), tidy accurate, scrupulous, cavendo tutus, carefully, with care, gingerly, quis custodiet istos custodes?, who will watch the watchers?, care will kill a cat, ni bebas agua que no veas, O polished perturbation! Golden care!, the incessant care and labor of his mind.
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