| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A signal that warns of imminent danger: alarm, alarum, tocsin, warning. See WARN. | | VERB: | To notify (someone) of imminent danger or risk: admonish, alarm, caution, forewarn, warn. See WARN. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Vigilantly attentive: observant, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide-awake. Idioms: on the ball. See AWARENESS. 2. Mentally quick and original: bright, clever, intelligent, keen1, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart. Idioms: smart as a whip. See ABILITY.
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