Alert

What do we mean by alert?

Vigilantly attentive; watchful: synonym: careful. adjective

Mentally responsive and perceptive; quick. adjective

Brisk or lively in action. adjective

A signal that warns of attack or danger. noun

A condition or period of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action. noun

To notify of approaching danger or action; warn. transitive verb

(on the alert) Watchful and prepared for danger, emergency, or opportunity. idiom

Active in vigilance; watchful; vigilantly attentive.

Moving with celerity; brisk; active; nimble: as, “an alert young fellow,” Addison, Spectator, No. 403.

Lively, agile, quick, prompt, ready, spry.

An attitude of vigilance; watch; guard: especially in the phrase on or upon the alert, upon the watch; on the lookout; guarding against surprise or danger: as, “the readiness of one on the alert,” Dickens. noun

Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance. adjective

Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity. adjective

An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning. noun

On the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act. noun

Attentive; awake; on-guard. adjective

An alarm. noun

A notification of higher importance than an advisory. noun

To give warning to. verb

Engaged in or accustomed to close observation adjective

An alarm.

A notification of higher importance than an advisory.

A state of readiness for potential combat.

Words that are spelled similarly to alert:
alert, lert, avert, albert, aler, aleut, acert, apert, blert, alpert, alers, abert, alero, alet, aleft, alere, aleet, aert.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word alert:
eas, sac, notification, posture, fueled, amber, vulnerability, warning, alarm, meteorological, disturbance, missile, cyclone, utc, danger, emergency, ready, deployed, detachment, activated, approaching, airborne, depression, issued, bombardment, messages, tropical, runway, squadron, weather, commitment, message, monitoring, threats, status, authorities, missing, storm, strategic, threat, missions, radar, user, bases, system, aircraft, presence, personnel, fighter, combat, driver, duty, dogs.

Words that rhyme with alert:
desert, dessert, hurt, revert, assert, overt, avert, exert, convert, introvert, curt, inert, skirt, shirt, concert, pervert, subvert, divert, dirt, flirt, pert, insert, turret, squirt, extrovert, evert, invert, spurt, vert, girt, disconcert, blurt, quirt, peart, chert, bert, kurt, sweatshirt, wert, reassert, burt, dilbert, erte, gert, outskirt, hirt, undershirt, miniskirt, pay dirt, nightshirt, hert, hair shirt, unhurt, purt, kirt, birt, wirt, stuffed shirt, polo shirt, tee shirt, hobble skirt, dress shirt, sea squirt, ballet skirt, lampert, frozen dessert, burtt, boisvert, full skirt, grass skirt, sport shirt, evening shirt, herdt, gelatin dessert, hit the dirt, gathered skirt, gumpert, berte, mcgirt, thibert, hurtt, humpert, kuhrt, mcguirt, mcwhirt, schwerdt, vanwert.

Adjectives that are often used to describe alert:
full, high, red, constant, clinical, military, nuclear, general, airborne, yellow, hour, special, raid, maximum, extra, worldwide, highest, medic, permanent, minute, false, immediate, continuous, mail, global, active, medical, nurse, less, trigger, wide, day, patient, ready, instant, french, initial, quiet, clin, email, least, nationwide, scale, strategic, terrorist, audible, perpetual, legislative, sudden, visual, tactical, level, quick, automatic, administrative, page, modal, orange, stage, precautionary, practice, clock, continual, preliminary, extended, heightened.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective alert:
mind, eyes, box, state, reader, teacher, man, status, system, message, eye, patient, intelligence, attention, monkey, bracelet, expression, face, minds, person, observer, interest, patients, look, messages, level, ears, log, student, management, readers, posture, child, monkeys, woman, manner, systems, boxes, figure, levels, signal, physician, officer, attitude, manager, students, brain, cat, members, ear, citizenry, nurse, staff, observation, service, individual, consciousness, window, enemy, citizens, teachers, sound, awareness, boy, curiosity, file, opinion, animal, wakefulness, step, senses, individuals, response, clinician, sounds, inactivity, appearance, animals, audience, watch, personnel, gaze, tag, air, citizen, guard.

Consonant match to alert:
elite, alight, alot, allot, elate, islet, elute, eyelet, alate, owlet, a lot, oillet, all-out, oolite, eilat, illite, elat, ailette, all out, ullet, ehlite, ehlert, ellett, eilert, a late, a light, al et, al hirt, al it, all eat, all it, allah it, allardt, allert, au lit, e light, earl ot, el it, ellert, ellette, er lite, eye lit, hail it, haile et, hal let, hale et, hall it, hall lit, halle et, haul it, he lit, heal it, heel height, heel hit, heel it, hell hate, hell it, her light, her lot, hey let, hile it, hill it, hoel et, hole eight, hole et, hole it, howl it, hoyle et, hull it, hull out, hurl it, il it, il lit, ill it, ill lit, l ate, l hate, l hit, l it, l light, o late, o let, oehlert, oh let, oil hit, oil it, oil light, whole eight, whole it.

Words that sound like alert:
alert, alerte, ehlert, eilert, alot, alight, a lot, allot, ult, alerts, ular, alit, alite, ullet, gelert, olet, alors, ulery, alerter, alette, ulrey, -ular, alerta, allard, elite, colored, iller, coloured, l.a, elt, allied, eller, ilt, allured, dullard, ellery, a word, ushered, airt, aled, yrt, elbert, elat, eled, alouette, aleut, elote, ehlers, ellar, allod, alide, ellers, gellert, mullered, ellett, ellet, elte, alod, alroy, ellora, elot, ilr, elr, wlrd, ehler, ilit, el rey, englert, willaert, willert, illite, ilat, art, alright, albert, allright, alt, all right, aller, aler, aart, alor, alate, alpert, alet, artt, allor, allers, allora, alberte, -art, ahlers, all-right, alre, alers, alat, alburt, alra, alro, alars.