qui vive

qui vive

noun \kē-ˈvēv\

Definition of QUI VIVE

: alert, lookout —used in the phrase on the qui vive

Examples of QUI VIVE

1. <an army on the qui vive for enemy attack>

Origin of QUI VIVE

French qui-vive, from qui vive? long live who?, challenge of a French sentry

First Known Use: 1726

Related to QUI VIVE

Synonyms: alert, alertness, attentiveness, vigilance, red alert, watch, watchfulness

Related Words: aliveness, awareness, consciousness, mindfulness, receptiveness, receptivity, sensitivity; care, carefulness, cautiousness, chariness, heedfulness, wariness; preparation, readiness

Near Antonyms: absentmindedness, abstraction, daydreaming, daze, distraction; absorption, engrossment, obliviousness, preoccupation; unawareness, unconsciousness; carelessness, heedlessness, inattention, inattentiveness, inobservance; unwariness

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Rhymes with QUI VIVE

Abib, achieve, aggrieve, believe, bereave, cap sleeve, conceive, deceive, French leave, frost heave, Hoccleve, inweave, khedive, motive, naive, perceive, pet peeve, plain weave, receive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, shirtsleeve, shore leave, sick leave, unreeve, unweave, upheave