eyes open
Aware and watching
Eyes open describes a state of alertness or awareness, often used to emphasize that someone is fully conscious of circumstances or risks.
To go into something with your eyes open is to proceed despite knowing the difficulties.
To keep your eyes open is to watch for something: Keep your eyes open for a gas station.
The phrase can also be literal—Sleep with your eyes open appears in warnings about danger.
- wide awakeTotally alert and attentive
- awakeNot in slumber
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- on guardAlert and watchful
- watchingActively looking at something
staring · vigilant · keep watch · aware · stay woke · gazing · seeing · wide · pupils · lids · unblinking · witness · conscious · attentive · observant · wakefulness · sunrise · crack of dawn
- vigilancewatchfulness, vigilant, alertness, watchful, attentiveness
- warningswarning, alert, caution, danger, warning sign
- alertnessalert, alertness, attentive, vigilance, vigilant
eyes openeyes closed
Lids lowered over vision
closed eyes · blindfolded · eyes covered · squinting · blinking
eyes openasleep
In a state of rest
sleeping · unconscious · passed out · knocked out · in a coma
eye, open, eyes, eyed, eyeing, eyeless, eyelid, eyeball, eyebrow