open-eyed

1. 1.

   carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger

   “a policy of open-eyed awareness”

   “the vigilant eye of the town watch”

   “there was a watchful dignity in the room”

   “a watchful parent with a toddler in tow”

   Synonymsargus-eyedvigilantwakeful

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Questions about open-eyed

What does open-eyed mean?

open-eyed means "carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger".

How many syllables are in open-eyed?

open-eyed has 3 syllables: o-pe-n-eyed. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for open-eyed?

Close synonyms include argus-eyed, vigilant, wakeful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is open-eyed a common word?

open-eyed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.