vigilance

Other forms of vigilance

plural

vigilances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about vigilance

What does vigilance mean?

vigilance means "the process of paying close and continuous attention". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vigilance?

vigilance has 3 syllables: vig-i-lance. The stress falls on "vig". In IPA it is /ˈvɪdʒələns/.

What is another word for vigilance?

Close synonyms include watchfulness, wakefulness, alertness, watchfulness, weather eye. 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 vigilance a common word?

vigilance is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.