alertness

alertness is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.
2. noun. lively attentiveness
3. noun. the process of paying close and continuous attention

   "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"

   "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"

   Synonyms: vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness

4. noun. a state of readiness to respond

   "alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG"

   Synonyms: alerting

Synonyms

vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness, alerting

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