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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
wakeful
    adj 1: carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for
           possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the
           vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful
           dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler
           in tow" [syn: argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant,
           wakeful]
    2: (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light
       sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night" [syn: light,
       wakeful]
    3: marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every
       moment of my waking hours" [syn: waking, wakeful]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

Thesaurus Results for Wakeful:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
agile, alert, alive, attentive, awake, bright, insomniac, insomnious, keen, nimble, on the, on the alert, on the ball, on the job, prompt, qui vive, quick, ready, restless, sharp, sleepless, slumberless, smart, unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping, unwinking, wide-awake
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