Definitions for vigilant

vigilant vig·i·lant

Spelling: [vij-uh-luh nt]
IPA: /ˈvɪdʒ ə lənt/

Vigilant is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 195 anagrams from letters in vigilant (agiilntv).

Definitions for vigilant

adjective

  1. keenly watchful to detect danger; wary:
  2. ever awake and alert; sleeplessly watchful.

Origin of vigilant

1470-80; Latin vigilant- (stem of vigilāns), present participle of vigilāre to be watchful. See vigil, -ant

Examples for vigilant

The police, too, were set at work,—the vigilant police of Paris!

They washed their hands methodically under the vigilant eye of Fatu.

Nairobi residents receive alerts and warnings from embassies on a monthly sometimes-weekly basis telling them to be vigilant.

Robert's suspicions were lulled to sleep, and he ceased to be as vigilant and watchful as he had been.

A vigilant tourist snapped a picture on her cellphone and showed guards who caught the kids before they could escape.

Nervous fans can keep a vigilant eye on it via a webcam hosted on the town website that offers 24-hour goat viewing.

Bieber tried to sneak out of the house, covering himself in a sheet, but vigilant photographers caught him in the act.

But the wary and vigilant leader of the Hurons was not so easily disconcerted.

But these are not the only points to which you look for vigilant watchfulness.

Do you watch over their conduct with a vigilant and paternal eye?

Word Value for vigilant
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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