All watchful synonyms
watchΒ·ful
W w adj watchful
- discreet β judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- custodial β Custodial means relating to keeping people in prison.
- hacked β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- matriarchal β the female head of a family or tribal line.
- canny β A canny person is clever and able to think quickly. You can also describe a person's behaviour as canny.
- 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.
- butterflies β tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
- apperceptive β conscious perception.
- motherly β pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a mother; maternal: motherly solicitude.
- know all the answers β be opinionated
- flat-footed β having flatfeet.
- in state β to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- in a state β distraught
- inobservant β lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- green with envy β If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.
- appetent β having an eager longing or desire
- forethoughtful β full of or having forethought; provident.
- chary β If you are chary of doing something, you are fairly cautious about doing it.
- hyper β overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.
- hep β hip4 .
- curmudgeonly β If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- hellbent β stubbornly or recklessly determined.
- flatfooted β having flatfeet.
- conscious β If you are conscious of something, you notice it or realize that it is happening.
- knowing β affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
- intent β something that is intended; purpose; design; intention: The original intent of the committee was to raise funds.
adjective watchful
- napping β to sleep for a short time; doze.
- awake β Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
- witting β knowing; aware; conscious.
- observing β to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- enrapt β Fascinated; enthralled.
- 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.
- leery β leer2 .
- arrect β (of animals' ears) pricked up
- insomnious β (archaic) restless; sleepless.
- niggardly β reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- envious β Feeling or showing envy.
- wrecker β a person or thing that wrecks.
- glued β Simple past tense and past participle of glue.
- 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.
- overcareful β excessively or unduly careful.
- wary β watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
- expectant β Having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something pleasant and interesting.
- defensive β You use defensive to describe things that are intended to protect someone or something.
- overcautious β excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- wakeful β unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep: Excitement made the children wakeful.
adverb watchful
- derelict β A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.