Alert and Tongue-in-cheek

Alert adjective - Paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunity.

Tongue-in-cheek and alert are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tongue-in-cheek" instead an adjective "Alert".

Nearby Words: alertness, alerted, alerting, alerter

Tongue-in-cheek adjective - Cleverly amusing in tone.

Alert and tongue-in-cheek are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alert" instead an adjective phrase "Tongue-in-cheek".