Antonyms for on the lookout
Grammar : Adj, adv |
- asleep
- bold
- careless
- certain
- disregarding
- drowsy
- dull
- extroverted
- foolish
- hasty
- heedless
- ignorant
- impolitic
- imprudent
- impulsive
- inattentive
- incautious
- inconsiderate
- indifferent
- indiscreet
- injudicious
- lazy
- lethargic
- neglectful
- neglecting
- negligent
- outgoing
- rash
- reckless
- sleepy
- slow
- sluggish
- stupid
- sure
- tactless
- thoughtless
- unattentive
- unaware
- uncareful
- uneducated
- unguarded
- unintelligent
- unobservant
- unsuspicious
- unwatchful
- unwise
- weary
Definition of on the lookout
- As in on the ball : adj alert
- As in attentive : adj concentrating
- As in politic : adj wise, tactful
- As in vigilant : adj careful, watchful
- As in wakeful : adj alert, restless
- As in wary : adj careful, cautious
- As in wide-awake : adj fully awake
- As in : adj wary
- As in cautious : adj careful, guarded
- As in open-eyed : adj alert
- As in unsleeping : adj wakeful
- As in alert : adj attentive, lively
- As in guarded : adj suspicious
- As in on guard : adv feeling wary
Synonyms for on the lookout
- active
- acute
- adroit
- advisable
- agog
- alert
- alive
- all ears
- anxious
- astir
- attentive
- awake
- aware
- bright
- bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
- cagey
- calculating
- canny
- careful
- cautious
- chary
- circumspect
- clever
- conscientious
- considerate
- cool
- defensive
- delicate
- diplomatic
- discreet
- distrustful
- doubting
- enrapt
- enthralled
- expedient
- fascinated
- fast on the draw
- forethoughtful
- frugal
- gingerly
- glued
- good hands
- guarded
- handling with kid gloves
- hanging on every word
- heads up
- hedging one's bets
- heedful
- hip
- hooked
- immersed
- in one's best interests
- insomniac
- insomnious
- intelligent
- intent
- interested
- jazzed
- judicious
- keen
- keeping on one's toes
- leery
- listening
- lively
- looking for
- looking to
- mindful
- noncommittal
- observant
- on alert
- on guard
- on one's guard
- on one's toes
- on the alert
- on the ball
- on the job
- on the lookout
- on the qui vive
- on the stick
- on the watch
- on toes
- open-eyed
- overcareful
- overcautious
- perceptive
- perspicacious
- playing it cool
- playing safe
- politic
- preoccupied
- provident
- prudent
- psyched up
- pussyfoot
- quick
- ready
- regardful
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- safe
- sagacious
- saving
- sensible
- sharp
- shrewd
- sleepless
- sly
- smooth
- sparing
- spirited
- studious
- suspicious
- switched on
- tactical
- taking it easy
- taking it slow
- tentative
- thinking twice
- thrifty
- tuned in
- unsleeping
- unwasteful
- upon one's guard
- urbane
- vigilant
- waiting on
- wakeful
- waking
- walking on eggs
- wary
- watchful
- watching one's step
- watching out
- wide-awake
- wide-eyed
- wired
- wise
- with eyes peeled
- with it
- with one's eyes peeled
- with weather eye open
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