alert
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
bombers were put on alert during the crisis
Types & categories
- readiness hypernym
- air alert hyponym
- red alert hyponym
- strip alert hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
The empty house alarmed him
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- warning signal derivation
- alert derivation
- alarm derivation
- alert derivation
Sense 3 adjective
engaged in or accustomed to close observation
caught by a couple of alert cops
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
Types & categories
- warning hypernym
- Emergency Alert System instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- alert derivation
Sense 5 adjective
quick and energetic
a brisk walk in the park
Related & opposite
- sprightliness derivation
- alacrity derivation
- vigor derivation
- energetic similar to
Sense 6 noun
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
Types & categories
- signal hypernym
- torpedo hyponym
- air alert hyponym
- burglar alarm hyponym
- fire alarm hyponym
- foghorn hyponym
- horn hyponym
- red flag hyponym
- siren hyponym
- tocsin hyponym
Related & opposite
- alert derivation
Sense 7 adjective
mentally perceptive and responsive
an alert mind
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alert |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alert |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | readiness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | air alert |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | red alert |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | strip alert |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | warning signal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | alert |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | alarm |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | alert |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | warn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wake |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | wary |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | awakep |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | lively |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | unalert |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | on the qui vive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | weather eye |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | alertness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | alert |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | open-eyed |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | fly |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | heads-up |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | sleepless |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | alert |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | warning |
| 4 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Emergency Alert System |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprightliness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | alacrity |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | vigor |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | energetic |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | alert |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | signal |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | torpedo |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | air alert |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | burglar alarm |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire alarm |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | foghorn |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | horn |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | red flag |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | siren |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tocsin |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | alertness |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | animation |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | awarep |