'alert' definitions:
Definition of 'alert'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
adjective
Quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]
adjective
Mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament" [syn: alert, alive(p), awake(p)]
noun
Condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis" [syn: alert, qui vive]
noun
A warning serves to make you more alert to danger [syn: alert, alerting]
noun
verb
Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries" [syn: alarm, alert]
Synonyms of 'alert'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- active,
- admonish,
- advertent,
- advise,
- agile,
- agog,
- air-raid alarm,
- alarm,
- alarm bell,
- alarm clock,
- alarm signal,
- alarum,
- alert for,
- alive,
- all clear,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- animated,
- apt,
- arouse,
- assiduous,
- attentive,
- awake,
- aware,
- beacon,
- blinking light,
- brainy,
- breathe,
- bright,
- brilliant,
- burglar alarm,
- buzz,
- buzzer,
- cant,
- careful,
- caution,
- cautious,
- clear-sighted,
- clear-witted,
- clearheaded,
- clever,
- concentrated,
- confide,
- confide to,
- conscious,
- crostarie,
- cry havoc,
- cry wolf,
- decisive,
- diligent,
- earnest,
- entrust with information,
- equal to,
- expeditious,
- fiery cross,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fire alarm,
- fire bell,
- fire flag,
- five-minute gun,
- flashing light,
- fly storm warnings,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- foghorn,
- forewarn,
- frighten,
- frisky,
- full of life,
- gale warning,
- gay,
- give confidential information,
- give fair warning,
- give notice,
- give warning,
- heedful,
- hooter,
- horn,
- hue and cry,
- hurricane warning,
- immediate,
- instant,
- instantaneous,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- issue an ultimatum,
- keen,
- Klaxon,
- knowing,
- let in on,
- let next to,
- lighthouse,
- lively,
- loaded for,
- lookout,
- Mayday,
- mention privately,
- mercurial,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- nice,
- niggling,
- nimble,
- note of alarm,
- notify,
- observant,
- observing,
- occulting light,
- on guard,
- on the,
- on the alert,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- on the lookout,
- open-eared,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- police whistle,
- prepared for,
- prompt,
- punctual,
- put hep,
- put next to,
- qui vive,
- quick,
- quick-witted,
- ready,
- ready for,
- regardful,
- sharp,
- signal,
- signal of distress,
- siren,
- sleepless,
- small-craft warning,
- smart,
- SOS,
- sound the alarm,
- sound the tocsin,
- speedy,
- spirited,
- sprightly,
- spry,
- startle,
- still alarm,
- storm cone,
- storm flag,
- storm warning,
- summary,
- swift,
- threaten,
- tip,
- tip off,
- tocsin,
- two-minute gun,
- unblinking,
- unnodding,
- unsleeping,
- unwinking,
- up,
- up for,
- up to,
- upside-down flag,
- utter a caveat,
- vigilant,
- vivacious,
- wakeful,
- warn,
- warn against,
- warning,
- wary,
- watchful,
- whisper,
- whistle,
- wide awake,
- wide-awake