Synonyms for alertness
alert·ness

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1. alertness

   Synonyms:
   acuteness, animation, brilliancy, cleverness, intelligence, keenness, quickness, readiness, sagacity, sense, sensibility

   Antonyms:
   apathy, dulness, insensibility, obtuseness, slowness, sluggishness, stupefaction, stupidity, stupor

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1. watchfulness, wakefulness, vigilance, alertnessnoun

   the process of paying close and continuous attention

   "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"

   Synonyms:
   alerting, wakefulness, on the qui vive, sharp-sightedness, weather eye, watchfulness, sleeplessness, vigilance

2. alertness, alertingnoun

   a state of readiness to respond

   "alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG"

   Synonyms:
   alerting, wakefulness, on the qui vive, sharp-sightedness, alert, watchfulness, vigilance

3. alertness, sharp-sightedness, on the qui vivenoun

   lively attentiveness

   Synonyms:
   alerting, wakefulness, visual acuity, on the qui vive, sharp-sightedness, watchfulness, vigilance, acuity

Matched Categories

1. • Arousal

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1. alertnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   watchfulness, vigilance, circumspection, wariness

2. alertnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   activity, agility, nimbleness, briskness, smartness, sprightliness, quickness, spryness, promptness, readiness

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1. List of paraphrases for "alertness":

   vigilance, awareness, alert, liveliness, vigilant

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How to use alertness in a sentence?

1. Russell Foster:

   What it probably will do is increase levels of alertness and therefore delay sleep onset ... it's a good rule of thumb to reduce light exposure.

2. Anne Milasincic Andrews:

   Switching your focus to any kind of other activity, be it visual or another stimulatory activity that you find pleasurable, will be enough to improve alertness.

3. Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr:

   There’s beena lot of studies looking at it in terms of mental function and mental alertness, but there is not very consistent information onit.

4. Yoweri Museveni:

   Apart from hunting the terrorists, the country's strategy of vigilance( alertness), is helping to minimize damage, therefore, the public should maintain vigilance of checking people at entry points to bus parks, hotels, churches, mosques, markets.

5. James Mwanga:

   This border is very porous, you will not know who has passed if the person went through the unofficial border posts, in most cases. Now there is anxiety and so on. We have heightened our alertness.