Alert
Definition(s):
Notification that a potential disaster situation is imminent, exists or has occurred; usually includes a directive for personnel to stand by for possible activation.
Source: DRJ
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
alert (adjective)1.
a) watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency
b) quick to perceive and act
2.
- active brisk watchful, intelligent
1.
a state of careful watching and readiness especially for danger or opportunity - on 24-hour alert
2.
a) an alarm or other signal of danger
b) an urgent notice - an alert to parents … about new immunization requirements Ann Schrader
3.
the period during which an alert is in effect
transitive verb
1.
to call to a state of readiness - warn
2.
to make aware of - alerted the public to the dangers of pesticides
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
alert (adjective)1.
paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunity
SYNONYMS:
Argus-eyed, attentive, awake, observant, open-eyed, tenty ( tentie), vigilant, watchful, wide-awakeRELATED WORDS:
alive, aware, conscious, sensitive; cognizant, heedful, keen, mindful, observing, regardful, sharp, sharp-eyed; hyperalert, hypervigilant, sleepless, wakeful; careful, cautious, chary, wary; prepared, readyNEAR ANTONYMS:
absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, daydreaming, dazed, distracted, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, insensible, oblivious, preoccupied; sleeping, unaware, unconscious, unknowing, unwitting; careless, heedless, inattentive, unheeding, unmindful, unthinking, unwary; unprepared, unready2.
having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble
SYNONYMS:
alert, cautious, chary, circumspect, conservative, considerate, gingerly, guarded, heedful, safe, waryRELATED WORDS:
advertent, attentive, awake, observant, regardful, vigilant, watchful; hypercautious; foresighted, foresightful, forethoughtful, provident, thoughtful; cagey ( cagy), calculating, canny, shrewd; deliberate, slow; ultracareful, ultracautiousNEAR ANTONYMS:
bold, brash, impetuous, rash, reckless, venturesome; asleep, inattentive, regardless; inconsiderate, thoughtless; lax, neglectful, negligent, remiss; imprudent, indiscreet, injudicious; absentminded, forgetful; inadvertent, unintentional, unplanned3.
having or showing quickness of mind
SYNONYMS:
alert, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, exceptional, fast, hyperintelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, supersmart, ultrasmartRELATED WORDS:
apt, ingenious, resourceful; acute, astute, discerning, heady, insightful, knowing, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, sagacious, sapient, savvy, wise; cerebral, erudite, genial, highbrow, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly, well-read; educated, informed, schooled, skilled, trained; creative, inventive, judicious, prudent, sage, sane, sapient, sensible, sound, wise; crafty, cunning, foxy, shrewd, wily; logical, rational, reasonableNEAR ANTONYMS:
feebleminded, simpleminded; boobish, foolish, half-baked, idiotic ( idiotical), imbecile ( imbecilic), moronic, silly; ignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, nonintellectual, unacademic, uneducated, uninformed, unintellectual, untaught, unthinking; absurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, insane, kooky ( kookie), loony ( looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, tomfool, unwise, wacky ( whacky), zany4.
having or showing the ability to respond without delay or hesitation
SYNONYMS:
alacritous, alert, expeditious, prompt, ready, willingRELATED WORDS:
receptive, responsive; immediate, instant, instantaneous, summary; breakneck, breathless, brisk, fast, fleet, fleet-footed, hit-and-run, lightning, rapid, rapid-fire, rattling, snappy, speedy, swift, whirlwind; eager, keen, sharp; apt, clever, quick, quick-witted, ready-witted, sharp-witted, smartNEAR ANTONYMS:
unresponsive; crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, lazy, lazyish, leisurely, logy ( loggy), poking, poky ( pokey), slothful, slow, slowish, sluggish, tardy, unhurried; dormant, idle, inactive, inert1.
the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk
SYNONYMS:
admonishment, admonition, alarm ( alarum), alert, caution, forewarning, heads-up, noticeRELATED WORDS:
auguring, augury, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, prediction, premonition, presaging, prognosticating, prophecy ( prophesy), prophesying; apprising, informing, notification, notifying, tip-off; advice, counsel, guidance, recommendation, suggestion, tip; announcement, declaration2.
the state of being constantly attentive and responsive to signs of opportunity, activity, or danger
SYNONYMS:
alert, alertness, attentiveness, qui vive, red alert, watch, watchfulnessRELATED WORDS:
aliveness, awareness, consciousness, mindfulness, receptiveness, receptivity, sensitivity; care, carefulness, cautiousness, chariness, heedfulness, wariness; preparation, readinessNEAR ANTONYMS:
absentmindedness, abstraction, daydreaming, daze, distraction; absorption, engrossment, obliviousness, preoccupation; unawareness, unconsciousness; carelessness, heedlessness, inattention, inattentiveness, inobservance; unwarinessto give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk
SYNONYMS:
advise, alert, caution, forewarn, wakeRELATED WORDS:
augur, forecast, foretell, harbinger, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy; apprise, inform, notify, tip (off); admonish; bode, forebode ( forbode), foreshadow, foretoken, portendNEAR ANTONYMS:
imperil, risk