alert

/əlˈɝt/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. engaged in or accustomed to close observation
   “caught by a couple of alert cops”
2. quick and energetic
   “a brisk walk in the park”
3. mentally perceptive and responsive
   “an alert mind”

verb

1. warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
   “The empty house alarmed him”

noun

1. condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
   “bombers were put on alert during the crisis”
2. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
3. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

Synonyms for alert

• watchful
• argus-eyed
• fly
• heads-up
• lidless
• brisk
• lively
• merry
• rattling
• snappy
• spanking
• zippy
• energetic
• alive
• awake
• aware
• alarm
• qui vive
• alerting
• warning signal
• alarum

Antonyms of alert

• unalert

Words that rhyme with alert

• hurt
• insert
• skirt
• dirt
• assert
• divert
• flirt
• squirt
• subvert
• exert
• inert
• introvert
• invert
• spurt
• avert
• curt
• disconcert
• evert
• extrovert
• revert
• shirt
• unhurt
• blurt
• cert
• chert
• dessert
• miniskirt
• nightshirt
• outskirt
• overt