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attention - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | attention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concentration |
| Synonyms: | absorption, application, consideration, contemplation, debate, deliberation, diligence, heed, industry, mind, scrutiny, study, thinking, thought, thoughtfulness, assiduity, engrossment, heedfulness, immersion, intentness |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignorance, neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | attention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consideration, care |
| Synonyms: | awareness, brace, concern, consciousness, notice, observation, recognition, regard, spotlight, treatment, TLC, big rush, looking after, ministration, tender loving care |
| Antonyms: | disregard, neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | attention(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courtesy |
| Synonyms: | amenity, care, civility, compliment, consideration, deference, gallantry, politeness, regard, respect, service, assiduities, mindfulness |
| Antonyms: | disregard |
| Main Entry: | awareness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knowledge |
| Synonyms: | acquaintance, alertness, appreciation, apprehension, attention, cognizance, comprehension, consciousness, discernment, enlightenment, experience, familiarity, information, keenness, perception, realization, recognition, sensibility, understanding, acquaintanceship, aliveness, attentiveness, bodhi, mindfulness, sentience |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, insensitivity, unconsciousness |
| Main Entry: | cognizance/cognition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | understanding |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, apprehension, attention, awareness, comprehension, discernment, insight, intelligence, knowledge, mind, need, note, notice, observance, observation, perception, reasoning, recognition, regard, percipience |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, misunderstanding |
| Main Entry: | conservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preservation |
| Synonyms: | attention, care, control, custody, economy, governing, guardianship, keeping, maintenance, management, managing, protection, safekeeping, salvation, saving, storage, supervision, upkeep, cherishing, conservancy, conserving, directing, guarding, preserval, preserving, protecting, safeguarding, stewardship, supervising, sustentation |
| Antonyms: | destruction, neglect, waste, spending, squandering |
| Main Entry: | deliberation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | serious thought, discussion |
| Synonyms: | application, attention, calculation, care, caution, cogitation, conference, consideration, consultation, debate, forethought, heed, meditation, prudence, purpose, rap, reflection, speculation, study, ventilation, wariness, brainwork, carefulness, cerebration, circumspection, confabulation, ratiocination |
| Main Entry: | diligence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perseverance in carrying out action |
| Synonyms: | activity, alertness, application, attention, care, constancy, earnestness, exertion, heed, industry, intensity, intent, keenness, quickness, vigor, assiduity, assiduousness, attentiveness, briskness, carefulness, heedfulness, intentness, laboriousness, pertinacity, sedulousness |
| Antonyms: | indifference, laziness, lethargy, neglect, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | discretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caution, judgment |
| Synonyms: | acumen, attention, calculation, care, concern, consideration, deliberation, diplomacy, discernment, discrimination, foresight, forethought, gumption, heed, maturity, observation, perspicacity, precaution, presence of mind, providence, prudence, responsibility, sagacity, sense, shrewdness, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, vigilance, wariness, warning, watchfulness, wisdom, canniness, carefulness, chariness, circumspection, considerateness, good sense, heedfulness, judiciousness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | emphasis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, prominence |
| Synonyms: | accent, attention, force, headline, highlight, insistence, intensity, moment, power, priority, significance, strength, stress, weight, accentuation, decidedness, impressiveness, positiveness, preeminence, underlining, underscoring |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | greeting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | welcome; message of kindness |
| Synonyms: | accosting, acknowledgment, address, aloha*, attention, best wishes, blow*, card*, ciao, compellation, compliments, good wishes, hail, hello, heralding, hi, high five, highball, how-do-you-do, howdy, letter*, nod, note, notice, ovation, reception, regards, respects, rumble, salaam*, salutation, salute, speaking to, testimonial, ushering in, what's happening |
| Antonyms: | farewell, goodbye |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, thought |
| Synonyms: | application, attention, caution, cognizance, concentration, concern, consideration, debate, deliberation, ear*, interest, mark, mind*, note, notice, observance, observation, regard, remark, respect, spotlight*, study, watchfulness, TLC, carefulness, heedfulness, listen up, tender loving care |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, disregard, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness, heedlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indulgence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luxury; gratification |
| Synonyms: | allowance, appeasement, attention, courtesy, endurance, excess, extravagance, favor, fondness, forbearance, fulfillment, goodwill, gratifying, hedonism, intemperance, kindness, leniency, partiality, patience, pleasing, privilege, satisfaction, service, tolerance, understanding, babying, coddling, favoring, fondling, immoderation, intemperateness, kowtowing, lenience, pampering, permissiveness, petting, placating, profligacy, profligateness, satiation, spoiling, toadying, toleration, treating |
| Antonyms: | abstention, care, moderation, temperance |
| Main Entry: | ken |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perception |
| Synonyms: | acumen, apprehension, attention, attitude, awareness, cognizance, comprehension, concept, consciousness, grasp, idea, impression, insight, judgment, knowledge, light, notion, picture, realizing, recognition, sense, sight, understanding, vision, apprehending |
| Main Entry: | perception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | understanding, idea |
| Synonyms: | acumen, apprehension, approach, attention, attitude, awareness, conceit, concept, conception, consciousness, discernment, feeling, flash, grasp, image, impression, insight, judgment, knowledge, light, notion, observation, opinion, perspicacity, picture, plan, realizing, recognition, sagacity, sensation, sense, study, taste, thought, viewpoint, apprehending, big idea, brain wave, brainchild, intellection |
| Main Entry: | precision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accuracy |
| Synonyms: | attention, care, correctness, exactness, fidelity, heed, nicety, rigor, carefulness, definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, exactitude, meticulousness, particularity, preciseness, sureness |
| Antonyms: | inaccuracy, imprecision, inexactness |
| Main Entry: | publicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promotion of something, someone |
| Synonyms: | advertising, announcement, attention, ballyhoo*, blurb*, boost*, broadcasting, clout*, commercial, currency, distribution, fame, handout, hoopla*, hype*, limelight*, noise*, notoriety, pitch, plug*, press, propaganda, public relations, puff*, puffery*, pushing, release, report, scratch*, spotlight*, spread, write-up, PR, announcing, big noise, billing, build-up, ink, press-agentry, promo, promulgation, public notice, réclame |
| Antonyms: | secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comment, observation |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, annotation, assertion, attention, back talk, bon mot, cognizance, comeback, commentary, conclusion, consideration, crack*, declaration, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, expression, gloss, heed, illustration, interpretation, mention, mind, note, notice, obiter dictum, observance, opinion, point, recognition, reflection, regard, saying, statement, talk, thought, two cents' worth, utterance, wisecrack, witticism, word |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | solicitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry, anxiety |
| Synonyms: | attention, care, compunction, concern, consideration, disquiet, disquietude, heed, presentiment, qualm, regard, scruple, uneasiness, watchfulness, TLC, attentiveness, concernment, considerateness, tender loving care, unease |
| Antonyms: | calm, ease, contentedness, peacefulness |
| Main Entry: | study |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | learning, analysis |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, application, attention, class, cogitation, comparison, concentration, consideration, contemplation, course, debate, deliberation, examination, exercise, inquiry, inspection, investigation, lesson, meditation, muse, musing, questioning, reading, reasoning, reflection, research, reverie, review, scrutiny, subject, survey, thought, trance, weighing, academic work, analyzing, cramming, memorizing, pondering, rumination, schoolwork |
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