Definition for Vigil:

• Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.

Synonyms for Vigil:

• n.

  •
  • barricade,
  • agriterrorism,
  • 911,
  • apostasy,
  • bioterrorism,
  • agitation,
  • civil disobedience,
  • 77,
  • anarchy,
  • boycott.
  •
  • celebrant,
  • consecrate,
  • anoint,
  • circumcision,
  • bless,
  • awareness,
  • ceremony,
  • contemplation,
  • blessing,
  • watch and ward,
  • confession,
  • circumcise.
  •
  • date,
  • era,
  • epoch,
  • countdown,
  • distance,
  • block,
  • delay,
  • duration,
  • chapter,
  • day.
  •act (noun)
  • vigil,
  • watch.
  •eve (noun)
  • evening before.
  •surveillance (noun)
  • ex-aminations,
  • super-vision,
  • body mikes,
  • peeled eyne,
  • ex amination,
  • buggings,
  • peeled eyen,
  • super-visions,
  • ex aminations,
  • surveyances,
  • super visions,
  • peeled eyes.
  •vigilance (noun)
  • acuity,
  • acuities.
  •wake (noun)
  • funeral services.
  •watch (noun)
  • observance,
  • eagle eye,
  • duty,
  • sentry duty,
  • monitoring,
  • guard,
  • observation,
  • nightwatch,
  • notice,
  • stake-out,
  • watchfulness,
  • patrol.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • attention,
  • deathwatch,
  • eve,
  • event,
  • insomnia,
  • lookout,
  • religious rite,
  • rite,
  • sleeplessness,
  • stakeout,
  • surveillance,
  • vigilance,
  • wake,
  • wakefulness,
  • wiretap,
  • Insomnolence,
  • Surveyance,
  • stakeouts,
  • deathwatches,
  • wiretaps,
  • body mike,
  • peeled eye,
  • funeral service,
  • look-out.

Paraphrases for Vigil:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    eve.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    vigilance, candlelight, wake.

Antonyms for Vigil:

• n.

  • watch
    heedlessness, disregard, negligence, indifference, neglect, ignorance.

Vigil Sentence Examples:

• The day, however, was a long vigil, with every ring of the telephone full of possibilities.

• It being noon, the office of the tourist bureau was almost deserted, a single, bored - looking, young French clerk keeping vigil behind the travelers' counter.

Hypernym for Vigil:

• n.

  • act
    continuous receiver watch, agrypnia, wake, spying, viewing, listening watch.

Hyponym for Vigil:

• n.

  • act
    religious rite, surveillance, rite.
  • cognition
    wakefulness.