[syn: lidless, sleepless]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sleepless \Sleep"less\, a.
1. Having no sleep; wakeful.
[1913 Webster]
2. Having no rest; perpetually agitated. "Biscay's sleepless
bay." --Byron.
[1913 Webster] -- Sleep"less*ly, adv. --
Sleep"less*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sleepless
adj 1: experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac
old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all
night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"-
Shakespeare [syn: insomniac, sleepless, watchful]
2: always watchful; "to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of
the public weal"- Alfred Tennyson [syn: lidless,
sleepless]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
123 Moby Thesaurus words for "sleepless":
Argus-eyed, agile, alert, alive, all ears, all eyes, ardent,
assiduous, attentive, aux aguets, awake, bright, constant,
continuing, custodial, diligent, disturbed, dogged, eagle-eyed,
enduring, energetic, faithful, fervent, guarded, hard, hardworking,
hawk-eyed, immutable, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable,
industrious, insistent, insomniac, insomnious, invincible, keen,
keen-eyed, laborious, lasting, lidless, loyal, never idle,
never-tiring, nimble, observant, obstinate, on guard, on the,
on the alert, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout,
on the watch, open-eyed, patient, patient as Job, permanent,
perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious,
plodding, plugging, preoccupied, prompt, prudent, qui vive, quick,
rapt, ready, relentless, resolute, restless, sedulous, sharp,
sharp-eyed, single-minded, slogging, slumberless, smart, stable,
steadfast, steady, strenuous, stubborn, tenacious, tireless,
unabating, unblinking, unconquerable, undaunted, undiscouraged,
undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching,
unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting,
unremitting, unsleeping, unsparing, unswerving, untiring,
unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, utterly attentive,
vehement, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, weariless, wide-awake,
with open eyes, zealous