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watchfull

watchfull is the obsolete spelling of watchful.

Meaning of watchful

Adjective

watchful (comparative more watchful, superlative most watchful)

  1. Fully observant, vigilant, or aware.
    • The teacher kept a watchful eye on her pupils during the school trip.
    Synonyms:
    jealous

Forms of watchfull

comparativemore watchfull
superlativemost watchfull

Questions about watchfull

What is watchfull the obsolete spelling of?
Watchfull is the obsolete spelling of watchful.

Words near watchfull in the dictionary

  1. watchfire
  2. watchfires
  3. watchful
  4. watchful waiting
  5. watchful waitings
  6. watchfull
  7. watchfully
  8. watchfulness
  9. watchfulnesse
  10. watchfulnesses
  11. watchgeese

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Adapted from Wiktionary: watchfull (page history and authors); watchful (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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