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Synonyms for on guard

Most common

awake wary vigilant

All synonyms

Adjective

awake, wary, vigilant, guardful formal dated

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    The starting position of a fencing bout.

Related words

Other spellings
on-guard

Example sentences

  • awake Tom lay awake for a long time thinking about Mary.
  • wary My parents always told me to be wary of strangers.
  • vigilant One has to be vigilant in these troubled times.

By length

4 letters
wary2
5 letters
awake2
8 letters
vigilant3, guardful

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wary2 = 2 syllables).