Synonyms for on the lookout
on the look·out

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1. on the lookout

   Vigilant implies more sustained activity and more intelligent volition than alert; one may be habitually alert by reason of native quickness of perception and thought, or one may be momentarily alert under some excitement or expectancy; one who is vigilant is so with thoughtful purpose. One is vigilant against danger or harm; he may be alert or watchful for good as well as against evil; he is wary in view of suspected stratagem, trickery, or treachery. A person may be wakeful because of some merely physical excitement or excitability, as through insomnia; yet he may be utterly careless and negligent in his wakefulness, the reverse of watchful; a person who is truly watchful must keep himself wakeful while on watch, in which case wakeful has something of mental quality. Watchful, from the Saxon, and vigilant, from the Latin, are almost exact equivalents; but vigilant has somewhat more of sharp definiteness and somewhat more suggestion of volition; one may be habitually watchful; one is vigilant of set purpose and for direct cause, as in the presence of an enemy. Compare ALERT.

   Synonyms:
   alert, awake, careful, cautious, circumspect, on the alert, sleepless, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide-awake

   Antonyms:
   careless, drowsy, dull, heedless, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, thoughtless, unwary

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1. Thomas Homan:

   What she did is no better than a gang lookout yelling ‘police’ when a police cruiser comes in the neighborhood, except she did it to a whole community.

2. Catherine Buckley:

   Some of the comments on social media said we should be on the lookout for a guy with no eyebrows.

3. Wedbush Securities:

   Consumers should be on the lookout for phishing and malware attacks, especially when accessing banking apps.

4. Abdul El-Sayed:

   The important thing to remember is a vaccine is like giving a' be on the lookout' call to your immune system. So its capacity to identify, target and destroy viruses is so much higher every time we take another boost of the vaccine, it makes sense that the symptoms you would experience are milder if you have been vaccinated.

5. Mickey Mehta:

   Opportunities do come knocking at the doors, so always keep your doors open and lookout for them. And life can give you as many opportunities, as every morning is an opportunity to lookout, grab and create many opportunities. Let everyday, every morning be optimized, be alert always and get MickeyMized!