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watchful
What does watchful mean?
watchful (adjective): fully observant, vigilant, or aware.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use watchful in a sentence?
- The teacher kept a watchful eye on her pupils during the school trip. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce watchful?
/ˈwɑtʃfəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does watchful come from?
From Middle English waccheful, equivalent to watch + -ful.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of watchful?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “watchful”?
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What does “watchful” mean?
at or constituting a border or edge
Not quite: that's what marginal means.
fully observant, vigilant, or aware
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not able; lacking a certain ability
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feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful
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Which word is closest in meaning to “watchful”?
alert
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large
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white
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small
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