alert


Meanings

  • condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action;
    • "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"
  • a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
  • an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
  • warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness;
    • "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
  • 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"
  • quick and energetic;
  • mentally perceptive and responsive;
    • "an alert mind"
    • "alert to the problems"
  • ALERT adj ALERTER, ALERTEST ready for sudden action ALERTLY adv
  • ALERT v -ED, -ING, -S to warn


Scrabble Score: 5

alert is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

alert is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

alert is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 6

alert is a valid Words With Friends word