All on one's toes synonyms
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O o adverb on one's toes
- awake β Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
- guarded β cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
- careful β If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- alive β If people or animals are alive, they are not dead.
- cautious β Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
- wary β watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
- defensive β You use defensive to describe things that are intended to protect someone or something.
- heedful β taking heed; attentive; mindful; thoughtful; careful: She was always heedful of others' needs.
adj on one's toes
- all ears β If someone says that they are all ears, they mean that they are ready and eager to listen.
- attentive β If you are attentive, you are paying close attention to what is being said or done.
- know all the answers β be opinionated
- bright eyed and bushy tailed β having bright eyes.
- intentive β Paying attention; attentive, heedful.
- alive to β fully aware of; perceiving
- mindful β attentive, aware, or careful (usually followed by of): mindful of one's responsibilities.
- advertent β paying attention; heedful
- bright-eyed and bushy-tailed β keen, confident, and alert
- clear-sighted β If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
- in the know β to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
adjective on one's toes
- deducing β Present participle of deduce.
- concentrating β Present participle of concentrate.
- enrapt β Fascinated; enthralled.
- detecting β Present participle of detect.
- glued β Simple past tense and past participle of glue.
- comprehending β to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- jazzed β music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- discovering β Present participle of discover.
- observant β quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- contemplating β to think studiously; meditate; consider deliberately.
- observative β Observant; watchful.
- alert β If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.