Synonyms for vigilance
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Noun
1. Watchfulness
watchfulness, alertness, care, caution, circumspection, wariness, wakefulness
Definitions
- n. 1
Alert watchfulness.
Related words
- Word family
- vigilant
Forms
- Plural
- vigilances → watchfulnesses, alertnesses, cares, cautions…
Example sentences
- caution The soldiers headed for the frontier with caution.
- observance It is a custom more honored in the breach than the observance.
- attentiveness Do your work with more attentiveness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| vigilance | steady | |
| caution | steady | |
| alertness | steady | |
| watchfulness | steady | |
| circumspection | steady | |
| observance | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- care1
- 7 letters
- caution2
- 8 letters
- watching2, wariness3
- 9 letters
- alertness3
- 10 letters
- observance3
- 11 letters
- wakefulness
- 12 letters
- watchfulness, vigilantness
- 13 letters
- attentiveness4
- 14 letters
- circumspection4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (caution2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- vigilance
- Italiano
- vigilanza
- Español
- vigilancia