Dictionary Entry
alert
alert is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.
- 2adjective
Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
- 3noun
An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.
- 4noun
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
- 5noun
a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
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- 6noun
condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
"bombers were put on alert during the crisis"
- 7verb
warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
"The empty house alarmed him"
"We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
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- 8adjective
engaged in or accustomed to close observation
"caught by a couple of alert cops"
"alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"
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- 9adjective
mentally perceptive and responsive
"an alert mind"
"alert to the problems"
- 10adjective
quick and energetic
"a brisk walk in the park"
"a lively gait"
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