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Vigilant

Definition: Vigilant

Vigilant

Adjective

1. 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: Vigilant

Synonyms: argus-eyed (adj), open-eyed (adj), wakeful (adj), watchful (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Vigilant

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Vigilant

English words defined with "vigilant": alert, argus-eyeddragonlook outnappingoff 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-eyedtartar, To look about oneupon one's guardvigilancewakeful, 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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Commercial Usage: Vigilant

DomainTitle

Books

  • The ABCs of Globalism: A Vigilant Christian's Glossary (reference)

  • The Moonlighters: A Fictionalized Account of Central Oregon's Vigilant Years 1882-1884 (reference)

  • The Vigilant God: Providence in the Thought of Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin and Barth (reference)

  • The Vigilant Truth (reference)

  • Vigilant (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Vigilant

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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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Familiar Quotations: Vigilant

AuthorQuotation

Buddha

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Vigilant

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Vigilant

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Speeches: Vigilant

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Monroe

1817-1825To 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; 1893-1897Every 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

1963-1969The economic outlook for this year is one of steady growth-if we are vigilant.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981We 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

1993-2001Now we must be as vigilant with our rivers as we are with our lands.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Vigilant

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%21020,939

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Vigilant

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Vigilant

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: Vigilant

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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Vigilant

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

vigilans, vigilantem, vigilantes, vigilantesque. (various references)

French1500-Modern

alerte. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Vigilant

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 8, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEgw touV eme filountaV agapw oi de eme zhtounteV eurhsousin
Latin405VulgateEgo diligentes me diligo et qui mane vigilant ad me invenient me
Middle English1395WyclifI men loouende me looue; and that erli waken at me, shul finde me.
Jacobean English1611King JamesI love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Victorian English1833WebsterI love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Basic English1964OgdenThose who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Vigilant

LanguageProverbs Chapter 8, Verse 17
CebuanoAko nahagugma kanila nga nahagugma kanako; Ug kadtong nagasingkamot sa pagpangita kanako, makakaplag kanako.
CroatianJa ljubim one koji ljube mene i nalaze me koji me traže.
DanishJeg elsker dem, der elsker mig, og de, der søger mig, finder mig.
DutchIk heb lief, die Mij liefhebben; en die Mij vroeg zoeken, zullen Mij vinden.
FinnishMinä rakastan niitä, jotka minua rakastavat, ja jotka minua varhain etsivät, ne löytävät minut.
FrenchJ`aime ceux qui m`aiment, Et ceux qui me cherchent me trouvent.
GermanIch liebe, die mich lieben; und die mich frühe suchen, finden mich.
HungarianÉn az engem szeretõket szeretem, és a kik engem szorgalmasan keresnek, megtalálnak.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAku mengasihi mereka yang suka kepadaku; yang mencari aku, akan menemukan aku.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaAku kasih akan orang yang mengasihi aku, dan barangsiapa yang mencahari aku dengan rajin, ia itu kelak akan mendapat aku.
ItalianIo amo coloro che mi amano e quelli che mi cercano mi troveranno.
MaoriE 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.
NorwegianJeg elsker dem som elsker mig, og de som søker mig, skal finne mig.
PortugueseEu amo aos que me amam, e os que diligentemente me buscam me acharão.   
RumanianEu iubesc pe ceice mq iubesc, wi cei ce mq cautq cu totdinadinsul mq gqsesc.
RussianмА'СЭЙИ НЕОС С МА'МА, Й ЙЭХЭЙЕ НЕОС ОБК"ХФ НЕОС;
SpanishYo 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.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Vigilant

Derivations

Words beginning with "vigilant": vigilante, vigilantes, vigilantism, vigilantisms, vigilantly. (additional references)

Words ending with "vigilant": hypervigilant. (additional references)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Vigilant"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "vigilant" (pronounced vi"julunt)
6-j u l u n tfraudulent.
5-u l u n tambivalent, benevolent, equivalent, excellent, flatulent, indolent, insolent, jubilant, malevolent, nonviolent, opulent, petulant, prevalent, somnolent, stimulant, succulent, truculent, turbulent, violent, virulent.
4-l u n tassailant, coolant, divalent, esculent, gallant, inhalant, monovalent, propellant, repellent, sealant, silent, talent, tetravalent.
3-u n tagent, 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.

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Anagrams: Vigilant

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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