vigil

vigil is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 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 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch.
2. intransitive verb. Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises.
3. intransitive verb. Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.
4. intransitive verb. Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.
5. intransitive verb. A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast.
6. noun. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

   Synonyms: watch

7. noun. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

   Synonyms: watch

8. noun. a period of sleeplessness

Synonyms

watch

Common word forms

vigils

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