Vigilance

//ˈvɪd͡ʒɪlɪns//

Synonyms for "vigilance" (39 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

watchfulness care alertness attentiveness caution circumspection custodianship

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (12)

custody eagle eye guard guardedness guardianship invigilation lookout monitoring observance patrol peeled eye precaution

Related words (19)

preparedness proctoring prudence qui vive sharp eye stewardship surveillance tout vigil wariness watch watch and ward watchful eye watching weather eye

Noun(4 words)

vigilantness wakefulness watchfulness weather eye

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

attention attentiveness

Synonyms

1 entries

watchfulness

Related terms

1 entries

vigilant

derived

11 entries

addictovigilance biovigilance haemovigilance hemovigilance hypervigilance in vigilance invigilance pharmacovigilance toxicovigilance vigilance committee vigilance man

derived from

1 entries

vigilante

related to

17 entries

alert attention aware being being aware close continuous determination government government terrorism guard keeping keeping watch terrorism vigilant watch

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Translations

66 translations across 30 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

يَقَظَة noun (Alert watchfulness)
يَقْظَة noun (Alert watchfulness)

Armenian

2 entries

զգոնություն noun (Alert watchfulness)
զգոնություն noun (Close and continuous attention)

Asturian

2 entries

vixilancia noun (Alert watchfulness)
vixilancia noun (Close and continuous attention)

Bengali

2 entries

সতর্কীকরণ noun (Alert watchfulness)
সতর্কীকরণ noun (Close and continuous attention)

Bulgarian

1 entries

бдителност noun (Alert watchfulness)

Catalan

2 entries

vigilància noun (Alert watchfulness)
vigilància noun (Close and continuous attention)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

警覺 /警觉 noun (Alert watchfulness)

Czech

3 entries

bdělost noun (Alert watchfulness)
bdělost noun (Close and continuous attention)
vigilita noun (Alert watchfulness)

Danish

2 entries

årvågenhed noun (Alert watchfulness)
årvågenhed noun (Close and continuous attention)

Dutch

4 entries

waaksheid noun (Alert watchfulness)
waaksheid noun (Close and continuous attention)
waakzaamheid noun (Alert watchfulness)
waakzaamheid noun (Close and continuous attention)

Esperanto

2 entries

vigleco noun (Alert watchfulness)
vigleco noun (Close and continuous attention)

Finnish

2 entries

tarkkaavaisuus noun (Alert watchfulness)
valppaus noun (Alert watchfulness)

French

2 entries

vigilance noun (Alert watchfulness)
vigilance noun (Close and continuous attention)

Georgian

4 entries

სიფხიზლე noun (Alert watchfulness)
სიფხიზლე noun (Close and continuous attention)
ფხიზლობა noun (Alert watchfulness)
ფხიზლობა noun (Close and continuous attention)

German

2 entries

Wachsamkeit noun (Alert watchfulness)
Wachsamkeit noun (Close and continuous attention)

Greek

2 entries

επαγρύπνηση noun (Alert watchfulness)
επαγρύπνηση noun (Close and continuous attention)

Hungarian

1 entries

éberség noun (Alert watchfulness)

Italian

2 entries

vigilanza noun (Alert watchfulness)
vigilanza noun (Close and continuous attention)

Latin

2 entries

vigilantia noun (Alert watchfulness)
vigilantia noun (Close and continuous attention)

Latvian

2 entries

modrums noun (Alert watchfulness)
modrība noun (Alert watchfulness)

Lithuanian

1 entries

pastabumas noun (Alert watchfulness)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

årvåkenhet noun (Alert watchfulness)
årvåkenhet noun (Close and continuous attention)

Polish

4 entries

baczenie noun (Alert watchfulness)
czujność noun (Alert watchfulness)
czujność noun (Close and continuous attention)
uwaga noun (Alert watchfulness)

Portuguese

2 entries

vigilância noun (Alert watchfulness)
vigilância noun (Close and continuous attention)

Romanian

2 entries

vigilență noun (Alert watchfulness)
vigilență noun (Close and continuous attention)

Russian

2 entries

бди́тельность noun (Alert watchfulness)
бди́тельность noun (Close and continuous attention)

Slovak

1 entries

bedlivosť noun (Alert watchfulness)

Spanish

4 entries

alerta noun (Alert watchfulness)
alerta noun (Close and continuous attention)
vigilancia noun (Alert watchfulness)
vigilancia noun (Close and continuous attention)

Swedish

4 entries

uppmärksamhet noun (Close and continuous attention)
vaksamhet noun (Alert watchfulness)
vigilans noun (Alert watchfulness)
vigilans noun (Close and continuous attention)

Ukrainian

2 entries

пильність noun (Alert watchfulness)
пильність noun (Close and continuous attention)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Success in life lies in diligence and vigilance.

Source: tatoeba (270524)

I appreciate your vigilance.

Source: tatoeba (1933562)

I believe that stricter vigilance is necessary here.

Source: tatoeba (5393162)

We won't let up on our vigilance.

Source: tatoeba (5726117)

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