alertness

Nouns

  • (n) the process of paying close and continuous attention
    • wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter
    • vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue
    vigilance, watchfulness, wakefulness,
  • (n) a state of readiness to respond
    • alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG
    alerting,
  • (n) lively attentiveness on the qui vive, sharp-sightedness,

Synonyms

vigilance watchfulness wakefulness alerting on the qui vive sharp-sightedness

Words of close approximity