All wakeful synonyms
wake·ful
W w adjective wakeful
- restless — characterized by or showing inability to remain at rest: a restless mood.
- disturbed — marked by symptoms of mental illness: a disturbed personality.
- sleepless — without sleep: a sleepless night.
- insomniac — a person who suffers from insomnia, the inability, especially when chronic, to obtain sufficient sleep, through difficulty in falling or staying asleep: Her husband, an insomniac, had at last fallen asleep at the computer, head resting on the keyboard.
- awake — Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
- restive — impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- alert — If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
- alive — If people or animals are alive, they are not dead.
- astir — awake and out of bed
- attentive — If you are attentive, you are paying close attention to what is being said or done.
- careful — 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.
- heedful — taking heed; attentive; mindful; thoughtful; careful: She was always heedful of others' needs.
- insomnious — (archaic) restless; sleepless.
- observant — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- on the alert — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- on the lookout — keeping watch
- on the qui vive — on the qui vive, on the alert; watchful: Special guards were on the qui vive for trespassers.
- sleeping — the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- waking — to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
- wary — watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
- watchful — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- wide-awake — fully awake; with the eyes wide open.
- aware — If you are aware of something, you know about it.