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Definition: Vigilant |
VigilantAdjective1. Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vigilant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Vigilant \Vig"i*lant\, adjective. [Latin expression vigilans, -antis, present participle of vigilare to watch, from vigil awake: compare to the French expression vigilant. See Vigil.]. (references) |
Synonyms: VigilantSynonyms: argus-eyed (adj), open-eyed (adj), wakeful (adj), watchful (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Care | Guarded, on one's guard; on the qui vivre, on the alert, on watch, on the lookout; awake, broad awake, vigilant; watchful, wakeful, wistful; Argus-eyed; wide awake; (intelligent); on the watch for (expectant). |
Caution | Adjective: cautious, wary, guarded; on one's guard; (watchful); cavendo tutus; in medio tutissimus; vigilant. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Vigilant |
| English words defined with "vigilant": alert, argus-eyed ♦ dragon ♦ look out ♦ napping ♦ off guard, off her guard, off his guard, off one's guard, off your guard, off-guard, on guard, On one's guard, on your guard, open-eyed ♦ tartar, To look about one ♦ upon one's guard ♦ vigilance ♦ wakeful, watch, watch out, watchful, watchfulness, weather eye. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "vigilant": God. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "vigilant": Evigilation. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Vigilant" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (adroit, agile, alert, awake, brisk, discreet, keen, mindful, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful), Latin (be awake, be vigilant, care for by watching, provide for, remain awake, watch). |
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![]() | La Drogue? Soyez Vigilant! Demandez conseil à votre pharmacien. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Fort Vigilante--Showing the defences around the "vigilant committee rooms" / T.C. Boyd. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Vigilant Fire Company, Baltimore, firefighter, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing parade hat and holding speaker trumpet. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Vigilant. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Deck of Vigilant. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Valkyrie [and] Vigilant, after the start. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Vigilant before the start. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Vigilant [and] Valkyrie. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Valkyrie II [and] Vigilant, turning mark in last race. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Vigilant and Valkyrie in a "thrash to windward": in their international race for "The America's Cup" Oct. 7th, 9th. & 13th. 1893. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Buddha | Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts. |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The little word seemed to have turned a rapier point of his sensitiveness against this courteous and vigilant foe. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Clinicians should be particularly vigilant in checking those who use tobacco or excessive amounts of alcohol. (references) | |
Vigilant public health surveillance is critical in responding to emerging infectious disease threats to the blood supply. (references) | ||
However, there is a need to be vigilant in monitoring the national indices of use and abuse of stimulants among high school seniors. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Iran | The authorities have become particularly vigilant in recent years in curbing what is perceived as increasing proselytizing activities by evangelical Christians, whose services are conducted in Persian. (references) |
Economic History | Indonesia | Foreign companies therefore must be vigilant in protecting their products from IPR infringement. (references) |
Egypt | In light of this information, Americans are urged to be vigilant and exercise good security practices while in Egypt. (references) | |
Political Economy | JAMAICA | In recent years, the Bureau has become increasingly vigilant in terms of monitoring the quality of products sold on the local market. (references) |
Trade | Jamaica | The Jamaica Bureau of Standards is becoming increasingly vigilant in monitoring the quality of imported items. (references) |
Travel | Kenya | Mariners should be vigilant. (references) |
Worker Rights | Congo | While unions generally were vigilant in calling attention to dangerous working conditions, the observance of safety standards was often lax. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | To every kind of danger we should pay the most vigilant and unceasing attention, remove the cause where it may be practicable, and be prepared to meet it when inevitable. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | Every citizen owes to the country a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of its public servants and a fair and reasonable estimate of their fidelity and usefulness. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | The economic outlook for this year is one of steady growth-if we are vigilant. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We will be ever vigilant and never vulnerable, and we will fight our wars against poverty, ignorance, and injustice--for those are the enemies against which our forces can be honorably marshaled. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Now we must be as vigilant with our rivers as we are with our lands. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Vigilant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vigilant" is used about 210 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 210 | 20,939 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "vigilant": be vigilant ♦ vigilant committee. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "vigilant": ever-vigilant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vigilant | 45 |
estate real vigilant | 4 |
cassopolis vigilant | 4 |
casting vermont vigilant | 4 |
aids vigilant | 3 |
insurance vigilant | 2 |
mind vigilant | 2 |
stove vigilant wood | 2 |
humidor vigilant | 2 |
marine system vigilant | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vigilant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vigjilues (watchful), vigjilent (alert, argus-eyed, unwinking, wakeful, watchful), syhapur (awake, leery, lidless, wary, watchful, wide awake). (various references) | |
Arabic | يقظ (alert, awake, awoke, careful, circumspect, jaunty, lively, mindful, napless, observant, on duty, open-eyed, prompt, springy, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide awake), محترس (alert, cagey, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, prudent, wary), حذر (admonish, advise, alert, alertness, be careful, be wise, beware, cagey, calculating, calculation, canny, care, careful, caution, cautious, cautiousness, chariness, chary, considerate, discreet, discreetness, discretion, exhort, fabian, forewarn, guard, guarded, guarding, heedful, leery, look behind, look out, lookout, mind, on the alert, on the lookout, prudence, prudent, safe, shy, shyness, sound an alarm, suspicious, take care, vigilance, wariness, warn, wary, watch, wide awake). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | бдителен (alert, awake, hawk-eyed, jealous, observant, open-eyed, unsleeping, unwinking, wakeful, waking, wary, watchful, wide awake). (various references) | |
Chinese | 警惕 (alert, on guard, to raise one's guard). (various references) | |
Czech | ostražitý (alert, wary, watchful, wide awake), bdìlý (alert, unsleeping, watchful, wide awake). (various references) | |
Farsi | مراقب (Lookout, Observant, Observer, Onlooker, Watcher, Watchful, Watchman), هوشیار (Alert, Astute, Cautious, Conscious, Observant, Sober), گوش بزنگ (Alert, Wakeful), حساس (Acute, Alive, Delicate, Exquisite, Sensitive, Sensory, Stark, Susceptible, Techy, Tender, Ticklish, Touchy), بیدار (Awake, Wakeful). (various references) | |
Finnish | valpas (alert, wakeful, watchful). (various references) | |
French | vigile (vigil), vigilant, attentif. (various references) | |
German | wachsam (alert, observant, on one's guard, vigilantly, wakeful, wakefully, wary, watchful, watchfully). (various references) | |
Greek | προσεχτικόσ (meticulous), επαγρυπνών, αγρυπνώσ προσέχων. (various references) | |
Hebrew | פקוח (check, control, inspection, monitoring, open, oversight, supervision, surveillance), עומ" על "משמר, ער י (alert, aware, pert, sprightly, wakeful, watchful, wide awake), ער (alert, awake, wakeful), ז"יר (calculating, careful, cautious, chary, discreet, guarded, mindful, prudent, wary), "רוך (bent, prepared, taut, tense, trigger). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vigyázó, szemfüles (mercurial, to be up to snuff, watchful), éber (alert, awake, sleepless, to be wide awake, to keep the eyes peeled, unsleeping, wakeful, watchful, wide awake), őrködő. (various references) | |
Indonesian | waspada (attentive, qui, watchful, wide awake). (various references) | |
Italian | vigilante (security guard, supervisor, watchful). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 眈眈 (vigilant hostility), 眈々 (vigilant hostility). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | た"た" (disinterested, level, light, peaceful, plain, vigilant hostility). (various references) | |
Korean | 방심하지 않". (various references) | |
Manx | twoaieagh (apprehensive, aware, careful, cautious, circumspect, northern person, northerner, northsider, on the look out, wary), tastagh (acute, acute keen-witted, considerate, discerning, keen, keen of mind, knowing, observant, perceptive, percipient, politic, sagacious), er-twoaie (aware), dooishtagh (arousing, evocative), dooisht (aroused, awake). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | igilantvay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vigilante (acock, argus-eyed, awake, hawk-eyed, observant, on the alert, open-eyed, pop-eyed, unsleeping, unwinking, wakeful, waking, watchful), em guarda, circunspeto (cattish, cautious, circumspect, circumspective, deliberate, discreet, reserved, serious, thought-out, wary, wise), circunspecto (cattish, cautious, circumspect, circumspective, deliberate, discreet, reserved, serious, thought-out, wary, wise), cauteloso (cagey, cannie, cautionary, cautious, deliberate, gingerly, guarded, heedful, mature, prudent, reserved, wary, watchful), alerta (acock, adroit, agile, alarm, alert, brisk, keen, prompt, unwinking, wakeful, waking, watchful). (various references) | |
Romanian | vigilent (alert, unwinking, wakeful, watchful), treaz (alert, astir, awake, sleepless, slumberless, sober, unwinking, wakeful, watchful, watching), neadormit (active, alert, attentive, awake, tireless, unwinking, watchful). (various references) | |
Russian | бдительный (alert, Argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, open-eyed, unsleeping, unwinking, wakeful, waking, ware, watchful, wide awake, wide-awake). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | predostrožan (cautious, precautionary, provident, providential), oprezan (alert, argus-eyed, careful, chary, circumspect, circumspective, deliberate, discreet, measured, ware, wary, wide awake), budan (argus-eyed, awake, sleepless, unsleeping, wakeful, ware, watchful). (various references) | |
Spanish | vigilante (alert, caretaker, keeper, observant, overlooker, Proctor, superintendent, unsleeping, wakeful, watchful). (various references) | |
Swedish | vaksam (all eyes, hawk-eyed, on the alert, open-eared, open-eyed, wakeful, watchful). (various references) | |
Turkish | uyanık (alert, argus-eyed, astir, awake, aware, canny, conscious, enterprising, fly, guarded, heady, leery, nimble, on the alert, open-eyed, sharp, shrewd, sleepless, smart, unwinking, wakeful, waking, wary, watchful, wide awake, with it), tetikte (argus-eyed, at full cock, aware, guarded, on the alert, quick on the trigger, unwinking, wakeful, watchful), ihtiyatlı (cagey, cautious, chary, deliberative, discreet, fabian, forethoughtful, guarded, heedful, politic, precautionary, provident, prudent, prudential, restrained, shy, temperate, undemonstrative, waiting, wary, well advised), açıkgöz (alert, astute, canny, cunning, fly, heady, hip, knowing, leery, nimble, open-eyed, sharp, shrewd, smart, spry, up and coming, wide awake). (various references) | |
Turkmen | sak (watchful), hьюgдr (alert, watchful), eserdeс (sensitive). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | несипущий, пильний (alert, attentive, awake, circumspect, circumspective, dusty, hawk-eyed, open-eyed, sleepless, staring, ware, wide awake). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thận trọng (advisedly, box, calculating, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, considerate, discreet, guarded, politic, prudent, prudential, tender, wary, watchful, wide awake), cẩn mật, cảnh giác (flew, fly, qui vive, wary, watchful). (various references) | |
Welsh | effro (alert, awake). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | vigilans, vigilantem, vigilantes, vigilantesque. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | alerte. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Egw touV eme filountaV agapw oi de eme zhtounteV eurhsousin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ego diligentes me diligo et qui mane vigilant ad me invenient me |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | I men loouende me looue; and that erli waken at me, shul finde me. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Ako nahagugma kanila nga nahagugma kanako; Ug kadtong nagasingkamot sa pagpangita kanako, makakaplag kanako. |
| Croatian | Ja ljubim one koji ljube mene i nalaze me koji me traže. |
| Danish | Jeg elsker dem, der elsker mig, og de, der søger mig, finder mig. |
| Dutch | Ik heb lief, die Mij liefhebben; en die Mij vroeg zoeken, zullen Mij vinden. |
| Finnish | Minä rakastan niitä, jotka minua rakastavat, ja jotka minua varhain etsivät, ne löytävät minut. |
| French | J`aime ceux qui m`aiment, Et ceux qui me cherchent me trouvent. |
| German | Ich liebe, die mich lieben; und die mich frühe suchen, finden mich. |
| Hungarian | Én az engem szeretõket szeretem, és a kik engem szorgalmasan keresnek, megtalálnak. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Aku mengasihi mereka yang suka kepadaku; yang mencari aku, akan menemukan aku. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Aku kasih akan orang yang mengasihi aku, dan barangsiapa yang mencahari aku dengan rajin, ia itu kelak akan mendapat aku. |
| Italian | Io amo coloro che mi amano e quelli che mi cercano mi troveranno. |
| Maori | E arohaina ana e ahau te hunga e aroha ana ki ahau; ko te hunga hoki e ata rapu ana i ahau, e kite ratou i ahau. |
| Norwegian | Jeg elsker dem som elsker mig, og de som søker mig, skal finne mig. |
| Portuguese | Eu amo aos que me amam, e os que diligentemente me buscam me acharão. |
| Rumanian | Eu iubesc pe ceice mq iubesc, wi cei ce mq cautq cu totdinadinsul mq gqsesc. |
| Russian | мА'СЭЙИ НЕОС С МА'МА, Й ЙЭХЭЙЕ НЕОС ОБК"ХФ НЕОС; |
| Spanish | Yo amo a los que me aman, y me hallan los que con diligencia me buscan. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vigilant": vigilante, vigilantes, vigilantism, vigilantisms, vigilantly. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "vigilant": hypervigilant. (additional references) | |
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"Vigilant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: vigalant, vigilanty, vigilent, vilgilant, viligant, vioilant, virgilant. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vigilant" (pronounced vi"julunt) |
| 6 | -j u l u n t | fraudulent. |
| 5 | -u l u n t | ambivalent, benevolent, equivalent, excellent, flatulent, indolent, insolent, jubilant, malevolent, nonviolent, opulent, petulant, prevalent, somnolent, stimulant, succulent, truculent, turbulent, violent, virulent. |
| 4 | -l u n t | assailant, coolant, divalent, esculent, gallant, inhalant, monovalent, propellant, repellent, sealant, silent, talent, tetravalent. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, errant, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, frequent, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, solvent, stagnant, statement, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, tumescent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-i-l-n-t-v" | |
-1 letter: intagli, invital, tailing, vailing, vialing. | |
-2 letters: ailing, laving, living, nilgai, tiling. | |
-3 letters: algin, align, anvil, giant, glint, liang, ligan, linga, litai, nival, vigil, vinal, vital. | |
-4 letters: agin, alit, anil, anti, gain, gait, gilt, glia, gnat, ilia, inia, inti, lain, lang, lati, ling, lint, nail, tail, tain, tali, tang, ting, vagi, vail, vain, vang, vial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-i-l-n-t-v" | |
+1 letter: genitival, vigilante, violating. | |
+2 letters: bloviating, eluviating, invigilate, levigating, levigation, levitating, salivating, travailing, validating, victualing, vigilantes, vigilantly, vitalising, vitalizing. | |
+3 letters: alleviating, cultivating, dovetailing, galivanting, genitivally, invigilated, invigilates, invigilator, levigations, lixiviating, outcaviling, outrivaling, vacillating, ventilating, victualling, vigilantism, virginalist. | |
+4 letters: devitalizing, evangelistic, gallivanting, interleaving, intervillage, invalidating, invigilating, invigilation, invigilators, livetrapping, navigability, navigational, outcavilling, outrivalling, relativizing, revalidating, revictualing, revitalising, revitalizing, trivialising, trivializing, vesiculating, vigilantisms, virginalists, volatilising, volatilizing. | |
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