on the alert
adjective
Roget 682:
active,
brisk,
brisk as a lark,
brisk as a bee;
lively,
animated,
vivacious;
alive,
alive and kicking;
frisky,
spirited,
stirring.
nimble,
nimble as a squirrel;
agile;
light-footed,
nimble-footed;
featly†,
tripping.
quick,
prompt,
yare†,
instant,
ready,
alert,
spry,
sharp,
smart;
fast
etc.
(swift)
274;
quick as a lamplighter,
expeditious;
awake,
broad awake;
go-ahead,
live wide-awake [U.S.]
etc.
(intelligent)
498.
forward,
eager,
strenuous,
zealous,
enterprising,
in earnest;
resolute
etc.
604.
industrious,
assiduous,
diligent,
sedulous,
notable,
painstaking;
intent
etc.
(attention)
457;
indefatigable
etc.
(persevering)
604.1;
unwearied;
unsleeping†,
never tired;
plodding,
hard-working
etc.
686;
businesslike,
workaday.
bustling;
restless,
restless as a hyena;
fussy,
fidgety,
pottering;
busy,
busy as hen with one chicken.
working,
at work,
on duty,
in harness;
up in arms;
on one's legs,
at call;
up and doing,
up and stirring.
busy,
occupied;
hard at work,
hard at it;
up to one's ears in,
full of business,
busy as a bee,
busy as a one-armed paperhanger.
meddling
etc.
v.;
meddlesome,
pushing,
officious,
overofficious†,
intrigant†.
astir,
stirring;
agoing†,
afoot;
on foot;
in full swing;
eventful;
on the alert,
etc.
(vigilant)
459.
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Roget 459:
careful regardful,
heedful;
taking care
etc.
v.;
particular;
prudent
etc.
(cautious)
864;
considerate;
thoughtful
etc.
(deliberative)
451;
provident
etc.
(prepared)
673;
alert
etc.
(active)
682;
sure-footed.
guarded,
on one's guard;
on the qui vivre [Fr.],
on the alert,
on watch,
on the lookout;
awake,
broad awake,
vigilant;
watchful,
wakeful,
wistful;
Argus-eyed;
wide awake
etc.
(intelligent)
498;
on the watch for
(expectant)
507.
tidy
etc.
(orderly)
58,
(clean)
652;
accurate
etc.
(exact)
494;
scrupulous
etc.
(conscientious)
939;
cavendo tutus [Lat.]
etc.
(safe)
664.
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Roget 673:
preparing
etc.
v.;
in preparation,
in course of preparation,
in agitation,
in embryo,
in hand,
in train;
afoot,
afloat;
on foot,
on the stocks,
on the anvil;
under consideration
etc.
(plan)
626;
brewing,
batching,
forthcoming,
brooding;
in store for,
in reserve.
precautionary,
provident;
preparative,
preparatory;
provisional,
inchoate,
under revision;
preliminary
etc.
(precedent)
62.
prepared
etc.
v.;
in readiness;
ready,
ready to one's band,
ready made,
ready cut and dried: made to one's hand,
handy,
on the table;
in gear;
in working order,
in working gear;
snug;
in practice.
ripe,
mature,
mellow;
pukka†;
practiced
etc.
(skilled)
698;
labored,
elaborate,
highly-wrought,
smelling of the lamp,
worked up.
in full feather,
in best bib and tucker;
in harness,
at harness;
in the saddle,
in arms,
in battle array,
in war paint;
up in arms;
armed at all points,
armed to the teeth,
armed cap a pie;
sword in hand;
booted and spurred.
in utrumque paratus [Lat.],
semper paratus [Lat.];
on the alert
etc.
(vigilant)
459;
at one's post.
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