alert
Meanings
- condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action;
- "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"
- a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
- an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
- warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness;
- "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
- engaged in or accustomed to close observation;
- "caught by a couple of alert cops"
- "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"
- "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"
- quick and energetic;
- mentally perceptive and responsive;
- "an alert mind"
- "alert to the problems"
- ALERT adj ALERTER, ALERTEST ready for sudden action ALERTLY adv
- ALERT v -ED, -ING, -S to warn
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 5
alert is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordalert is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
alert is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 6
alert is a valid Words With Friends word