| Main Entry: | heedless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless |
Synonyms: |
asleep at the switch, daydreaming, disregardful, fast and loose, feckless, foolhardy, goofing off, impetuous, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, irreflective, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, out to lunch, precipitate, rash, reckless, slapdash, sloppy, thoughtless, uncaring, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, unwary |
Antonyms: |
attentive, careful, caring, cautious, concerned, heedful, observant, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | negligent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, indifferent |
Synonyms: |
asleep at switch, behindhand, cursory, delinquent, derelict, discinct, disregardful, forgetful, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious, lax, neglectful, nonchalant, offhand, regardless, remiss, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy*, slovenly, thoughtless, unconcerned, unheedful, unmindful, unthinking |
| Notes: | neglectful means not showing due care or attention, heedless; negligent means marked by insufficient care or attention; negligible means so small as to be meaningless or insignificant |
Antonyms: |
attentive, careful, caring, mindful, successful |
| Main Entry: | remiss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, thoughtless |
Synonyms: |
any old way, any which way, asleep at switch, asleep on job, behindhand, culpable, daydreaming, defaultant, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, disregardful, fainéant, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, neglectful, negligent, regardless, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, tardy, uninterested, unmindful, woolgathering |
Antonyms: |
careful, mindful, scrupulous, thorough, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | off-guard |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | when not paying attention |
Synonyms: |
asleep, asleep at the switch, derelict, flat-footed, napping, negligent, not on the job, unalert, unguarded, unprepared, unready, unwatchful |