'Wakeful' definitions:
Definition of 'wakeful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow" [syn: argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful]
adjective
(of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night" [syn: light, wakeful]
adjective
Marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours" [syn: waking, wakeful]
Definition of 'Wakeful'
From: GCIDE
- Wakeful \Wake"ful\, a. Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant. [1913 Webster]
- Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- {Wake"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Wake"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wakeful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agile,
- alert,
- alive,
- attentive,
- awake,
- bright,
- insomniac,
- insomnious,
- keen,
- nimble,
- on the,
- on the alert,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- prompt,
- qui vive,
- quick,
- ready,
- restless,
- sharp,
- sleepless,
- slumberless,
- smart,
- unblinking,
- unnodding,
- unsleeping,
- unwinking,
- wide-awake
Words containing 'Wakeful'
- Wake,
- Waked,
- Wakefully,
- Wakefulness,
- Waking,
- wake up,
- waking up,
- Lich wake,
- Wake County,
- Wake Forest,
- Wake Village,
- Wake play,
- Wake, NC,
- battle of wake,
- wake board,
- wake island,
- Wake County, NC,
- Wake Forest, NC,
- Wake Village, TX,
- Wake-robin,
- battle of wake island,
- wake-up call,
- wake-up signal,
- early wake-robin,
- prairie wake-robin