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Vigilance

The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.

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Broader term 1

Attention 76% connected

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or specia…

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Jealousy 76% connected

The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful sus…

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Wakeful 74% connected

Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.

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Wakeful 74% connected

Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.

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Watchful 74% connected

Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to b…

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Watchful 74% connected

Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to b…

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Alertness 92% connected

The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.

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Cognitive operation noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Cognitive process noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Mental process noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Operation noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Process noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Reinforcement noun · 78% connection

(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

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Reinforcer noun · 78% connection

(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

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Reinforcing stimulus noun · 78% connection

(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

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Cognition noun · 78% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Deciding noun · 78% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

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Decision making noun · 78% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

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Immediate memory noun · 78% connection

what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it

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Knowledge noun · 78% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Long-term memory noun · 78% connection

your general store of remembered information

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LTM noun · 78% connection

your general store of remembered information

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Noesis noun · 78% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Abstinence noun · 78% connection

The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or f…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vigilant, forbearance, sleep, wakefulness.
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Agrypnotic noun · 78% connection

Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.

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Alert adjective · 78% connection

Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

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Argus noun · 78% connection

One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.

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Asleep a. & adv. · 78% connection

In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vigilant, forbearance, sleep, wakefulness.
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Awake verb · 78% connection

To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vigilant, forbearance, sleep, wakefulness.
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Aware adjective · 78% connection

Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

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Cerberus noun · 78% connection

A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guard…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vigilant, forbearance, sleep, wakefulness.
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Connivance noun · 78% connection

Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.

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Daymare noun · 78% connection

A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vigilant, forbearance, sleep, wakefulness.
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Heedful adjective · 78% connection

Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant.

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Hypnogenic adjective · 78% connection

Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause an at…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vigilant, forbearance, sleep, wakefulness.
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Hypnology noun · 78% connection

A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vigilant, forbearance, sleep, wakefulness.
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Hypnotic adjective · 78% connection

Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vigilant, forbearance, sleep, wakefulness.
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Inaction noun · 78% connection

Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

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Indulgence noun · 78% connection

The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vigilant, forbearance, sleep, wakefulness.
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Insomnia noun · 78% connection

Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vigilant, forbearance, sleep, wakefulness.
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Intersomnious adjective · 78% connection

Between the times of sleeping; in an interval of wakefulness.

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