wakeful

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: wake=ful

CIDE DICTIONARY

wakeful, a. 

 Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.  [1913 Webster]
"Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

wakeful, adj.
1 unable to sleep.
2 (of a night etc.) passed with little or no sleep.
3 vigilant.

Derivative

wakefully adv. wakefulness n.

THESAURUS

wakeful

agile, alert, alive, attentive, awake, bright, insomniac, insomnious, keen, nimble, on the, on the alert, on the ball, on the job, prompt, qui vive, quick, ready, restless, sharp, sleepless, slumberless, smart, unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping, unwinking, wide-awake

ROGET THESAURUS

wakeful

Care

N care, solicitude, heed, heedfulness, scruple, watchfulness, vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre, alertness, attention, prudence &c, circumspection, anxiety, forethought, precaution, tidiness accuracy, minuteness, attention to detail, careful regardful, heedful, taking care, particular, prudent, considerate, thoughtful, provident, alert, sure-footed, guarded, on one's guard, on the qui vivre, on the alert, on watch, on the lookout, awake, broad awake, vigilant, watchful, wakeful, wistful, Argus-eyed, wide awake, on the watch for (expectant), tidy accurate, scrupulous, cavendo tutus, carefully, with care, gingerly, quis custodiet istos custodes?, who will watch the watchers?, care will kill a cat, ni bebas agua que no veas, O polished perturbation! Golden care!, the incessant care and labor of his mind.