wakeful

Speech parts

1. wakeful - Adjective

2. wakeful - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

vigilant light sleepless ready aware sharp conscious alert awake waking observant mindful attentive watchful argus-eyed
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Antonyms

abed sleepy deep dense sleeping asleep
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Phrases with the word

be wakeful

Examples

We have two lives; The soul of man is like the rolling world, One half in day, the other dipt in night; The one has music and the flying cloud, The other, silence and the wakeful stars. Alexander Smith

To the somnambulist, sleep-walking may seem more pleasant and less hazardous than wakeful walking, but the latter is the wiser mode of locomotion in the congested traffic of a modern community. It is about time to abandon judicial somnambulism. Jerome Frank

If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic. If he is reckless, they will not only be reckless likewise, but also eat into his works. Besides, a reckless king will easily fall into the hands of his enemies. Hence the king shall ever be wakeful. Chanakya

Rose Aylmer, whom these wakeful eyes May weep, but never see, A night of memories and of sighs I consecrate to thee. Walter Savage Landor

And now, at half-past ten o'clock, I hear the cockerels crow in Hubbard's barns, and morning is already anticipated. It is the feathered, wakeful thought in us that anticipates the following day. Henry David Thoreau

So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o'clock in the morning; and if it is, it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience. Moss Hart

Close letter words and terms

wakefield wakefieldite Wakeford wakefullness wakefully wakefulness