Overview of noun alert

The noun alert has 3 senses

• alert, qui vive -- (condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis")


• alert, alerting -- (a warning serves to make you more alert to danger)


• alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum -- (an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger)

Overview of verb alert

The verb alert has 1 sense

• alarm, alert -- (warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries")

Overview of adj alert

The adj alert has 3 senses

• alert, watchful -- (engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty")


• alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy -- (quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze")


• alert, alive, awake -- (mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament")