Wakeful babies will often continue to need little sleep as they grow older.
It is never a good idea to take sleeping tablets regularly for this kind of wakefulness.
English dictionary. 2008.
Wakeful — Wake ful, a. Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant. [1913 Webster] Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright. Dryden. [1913 Webster] {Wake ful*ly}, adv. {Wake ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wakeful — [wāk′fəl] adj. 1. keeping awake; not sleeping 2. alert; watchful; vigilant 3. a) unable to sleep b) sleepless [a wakeful night] wakefully adv. wakefulness n … English World dictionary
wakeful — index vigilant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wakeful — [adj] alert, restless alive, astir, attentive, careful, heedful, insomniac, insomnious, observant, on guard, on the alert, on the lookout, on the qui vive, sleepless, unsleeping, vigilant, waking, wary, watchful, wide awake; concepts 539,542 Ant … New thesaurus
wakeful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable or not needing to sleep. 2) alert and vigilant. DERIVATIVES wakefulness noun … English terms dictionary
wakeful — wakefully, adv. wakefulness, n. /wayk feuhl/, adj. 1. unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep: Excitement made the children wakeful. 2. characterized by absence of sleep: a wakeful night. 3. watchful; alert; vigilant: a wakeful foe.… … Universalium
wakeful — wake|ful [ˈweıkfəl] adj literary a) not sleeping or unable to sleep ▪ She lay wakeful in her room for most of the night. b) a wakeful period of time is one when you cannot sleep >wakefulness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
wakeful — adjective 1 a) unable to sleep: lying wakeful in the hot night b) a wakeful period of time is one when you cannot sleep 2 formal ready to do whatever is necessary wakefulness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
wakeful — adjective 1) he had been wakeful all night Syn: awake, restless, restive, tossing and turning Ant: asleep 2) I was suddenly wakeful Syn: alert, watchful, vigilant … Thesaurus of popular words
wakeful — /ˈweɪkfəl/ (say waykfuhl) adjective 1. indisposed or unable to sleep, as a person. 2. characterised by absence of sleep: a wakeful night. 3. watchful or vigilant: a wakeful foe. {wake1 + ful} –wakefully, adverb –wakefulness, noun …
