Antonyms for on the qui vive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kee veev |
| Phonetic Transcription : ki ˈviv |
- asleep
- at ease
- bold
- brave
- calm
- careless
- certain
- comfortable
- composed
- confident
- content
- cool
- courageous
- definite
- disregarding
- drowsy
- dull
- easy-going
- firm
- foolish
- happy
- heedless
- ignorant
- impulsive
- inattentive
- incautious
- inconsiderate
- indifferent
- indiscreet
- indubious
- laid-back
- lazy
- lethargic
- neglectful
- neglecting
- negligent
- nice
- peaceful
- quiet
- rash
- reckless
- settled
- sleepy
- slow
- sluggish
- sound
- stable
- steady
- strong
- stupid
- sure
- thoughtless
- unafraid
- unattentive
- unaware
- uncareful
- undoubted
- uneducated
- unfearful
- unintelligent
- unobservant
- unworried
- weary
Definition of on the qui vive
Origin :- 1726, in on the qui vive "on the alert," from French qui voulez-vous qui vive? sentinel's challenge, "whom do you wish to live," literally "(long) live who?" In other words, "whose side are you on?" (The answer might be Vive la France, Vive le roi, etc.).
- As in attentive : adj concentrating
- As in uneasy : adj awkward, uncomfortable
- As in vigilant : adj careful, watchful
- As in wakeful : adj alert, restless
- As in wary : adj careful, cautious
- As in watchful : adj on the lookout
- As in open-eyed : adj alert
- As in unsleeping : adj wakeful
- As in alert : adj attentive, lively
Synonyms for on the qui vive
- active
- acute
- afraid
- agitated
- agog
- alarmed
- alert
- alive
- all ears
- all nerves
- anguished
- anxious
- apprehensive
- astir
- attentive
- awake
- aware
- bothered
- bright
- cagey
- calculating
- canny
- careful
- cautious
- chary
- circumspect
- clever
- conscientious
- considerate
- constrained
- discomposed
- discreet
- dismayed
- disquieted
- distrustful
- disturbed
- doubting
- edgy
- enrapt
- enthralled
- fascinated
- fast on the draw
- fearful
- fidgety
- fretful
- frugal
- gingerly
- glued
- good hands
- guarded
- handling with kid gloves
- hanging on every word
- harassed
- heads up
- heedful
- hip
- hooked
- ill at ease
- immersed
- impatient
- in turmoil
- insecure
- insomniac
- insomnious
- intelligent
- intent
- interested
- irascible
- irritable
- jazzed
- jittery
- jumpy
- keen
- keeping on one's toes
- leery
- listening
- looking for
- looking to
- mindful
- nervous
- not missing a trick
- observant
- on alert
- on edge
- on guard
- on one's toes
- on the alert
- on the ball
- on the job
- on the lookout
- on the qui vive
- on the watch
- on toes
- open-eyed
- palpitant
- peevish
- perceptive
- perplexed
- perturbed
- precarious
- preoccupied
- prepared
- provident
- prudent
- psyched up
- quick
- ready
- regardful
- restive
- restless
- safe
- saving
- see after
- see to
- shaken
- shaky
- sharp
- sleepless
- sly
- sparing
- spirited
- strained
- studious
- suspicious
- switched on
- tense
- thinking twice
- thrifty
- tormented
- troubled
- unquiet
- unsettled
- unsleeping
- unstable
- unwasteful
- upset
- vexed
- vigilant
- waiting on
- wakeful
- waking
- walking on eggs
- wary
- watchful
- watching one's step
- watching out
- wide-awake
- wired
- wise
- with eyes peeled
- with it
- with weather eye open
- worried
- wrung
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