wakeful

Questions about wakeful

What does wakeful mean?

wakeful means "carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wakeful?

wakeful has 3 syllables: wa-ke-ful. The stress falls on "wa".

What is another word for wakeful?

Close synonyms include argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, light, waking. 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 wakeful a common word?

wakeful 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.