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| Main Entry: | forgetful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tending to not remember |
| Synonyms: | absent, absent-minded, abstracted, careless, distracted, dreamy, heedless, inattentive, lax, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, preoccupied, remiss, slack, sloppy, unmindful, unwitting, airheaded, amnemonic, amnesic, asleep on the job, bemused, like an absent-minded professor, looking out window, mooning, moony, nirvanic, not on the job, out of it, out to lunch, pipe dreaming, woolgathering |
| Antonyms: | attentive, mindful, remembering, recalling, retentive |
| Main Entry: | absent-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out to lunch |
| Synonyms: | absent, absorbed, abstracted, careless, daydreaming, distracted, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, lost, oblivious, preoccupied, remote, removed, scatterbrained, surroundings, unconscious, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, withdrawn, airheaded, airheaded, bemused, distrait, goofing off, head in the clouds, inconscient, mooning, moony, out to lunch, pipe dreaming, space cadet, spacey, spacey, unaware of events, woolgathering |
| Antonyms: | alert, attentive, aware |
| Main Entry: | lax |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slack, remiss |
| Synonyms: | broad, careless, casual, delinquent, derelict, devil-may-care*, easygoing, flaccid, forgetful, general, inaccurate, indefinite, indifferent, inexact, lenient, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, regardless, shapeless, slipshod, sloppy, soft, unmindful, vague, yielding, any way, asleep on job, behindhand, disregardful, imprecise, nonspecific, overindulgent, paying no mind |
| Antonyms: | hard, rigid, strict, tight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mindless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oblivious, stupid; automatic |
| Synonyms: | asinine, careless, daydreaming, foolish, forgetful, gratuitous, heedless, idiotic, inattentive, moronic, neglectful, negligent, obtuse, out, rash, senseless, silly, simple, thoughtless, unaware, unintelligent, unmindful, unthinking, witless, brutish, imbecilic, mooning, moony, nitwitted, out of it, spaced-out |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, mindful, thinking, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | negligent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, indifferent |
| Synonyms: | cursory, delinquent, derelict, forgetful, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, lax, neglectful, nonchalant, offhand, regardless, remiss, slack, slapdash*, slipshod*, sloppy*, slovenly, thoughtless, unconcerned, unmindful, unthinking, asleep at switch, behindhand, discinct, disregardful, incurious, unheedful |
| 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, mindful, successful, caring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oblivious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware, ignorant |
| Synonyms: | absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, blind*, careless, deaf*, distracted, dreamy, forgetful, gone, heedless, inattentive, incognizant, insensible, neglectful, negligent, preoccupied, regardless, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unobservant, unwitting, zonked*, amnesic, blundering, disregardful, forgetting, inconversant, not all there, out to lunch, overlooking, spacey, strung out, undiscerning, uninstructed, unnoticing, unrecognizing |
| Antonyms: | aware, concerned, conscious, mindful, sensitive, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | preoccupied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | busy; mentally caught up in something |
| Synonyms: | absent, absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, asleep*, daydreaming, deep*, distracted, engaged, engrossed, faraway, fascinated, forgetful, heedless, hung up*, immersed, intent, lost, oblivious, obsessed, rapt, removed, spellbound, unaware, airheaded, bemused, bugged, distrait, have on the brain, inconscient, lost in thought, mooning, moony, spread out, taken up, woolgathering, wrapped-up |
| Antonyms: | observant, thoughtful, unoccupied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remiss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, thoughtless |
| Synonyms: | any which way, culpable, daydreaming, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, neglectful, negligent, regardless, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, tardy, uninterested, unmindful, any old way, asleep at switch, asleep on job, behindhand, defaultant, disregardful, fainéant, woolgathering |
| Antonyms: | careful, mindful, scrupulous, thorough, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | scatterbrained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not thinking clearly |
| Synonyms: | careless, dizzy, empty-headed*, featherbrained*, flighty, forgetful, frivolous, giddy, harebrained*, illogical, inattentive, irrational, irresponsible, madcap, silly, slaphappy*, stupid, thoughtless, birdbrained |
| Antonyms: | aware, careful, sensible, thoughtful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unaware |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant |
| Synonyms: | blind, careless, daydreaming, deaf, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, incognizant, insensible, negligent, oblivious, out cold*, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unsuspecting, unwitting, caught napping, deaf to, doped, in a daze, inconversant, mooning, nescient, not all there, not cognizant, out of it, out to lunch, spacey, uninstructed |
| Antonyms: | aware, cognizant, informed, knowing, suspicious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unconcerned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | carefree; apathetic |
| Synonyms: | aloof, blind, blithe, callous, careless, cold, cool, deaf, detached, dispassionate, distant, easy, feckless, forgetful, hardened, heedless, impassive, inattentive, indifferent, insensible, insensitive, insouciant, lackadaisical, lukewarm, negligent, neutral, nonchalant, oblivious, phlegmatic, reserved, self-centered, serene, stony, supine, uninterested, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unsympathetic, untroubled, hard-hearted, incurious, relaxed, unbothered, uninvolved, unworried |
| Antonyms: | concerned, curious, interested, caring |
| Main Entry: | ungrateful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not appreciative |
| Synonyms: | careless, demanding, dissatisfied, faultfinding, forgetful, grasping, grumbling, heedless, ingrate, insensible, oblivious, self-centered, selfish, thankless, unmindful, unnatural, unappreciative, unthankful |
| Antonyms: | appreciative, grateful, thankful |
| Main Entry: | unwitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without fully realizing |
| Synonyms: | accidental, aimless, chance, comatose, forgetful, haphazard, ignorant, inadvertent, incognizant, innocent, involuntary, numb, oblivious, senseless, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, unfamiliar, uninformed, unintentional, unknowing, unmindful, unplanned, unsuspecting, unthinking, inconversant, undesigned, uninstructed, unintended, unmeant |
| Antonyms: | conscious, intentional, realizing, witting |
| Main Entry: | unmindful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not aware or attentive |
| Synonyms: | careless, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, mindless, neglectful, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unwitting |
| Antonyms: | attentive, aware, conscious, mindful, witting |
| Main Entry: | careless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without sufficient attention |
| Synonyms: | absent-minded, abstracted, casual, cursory, forgetful, hasty, heedless, improvident, imprudent, inaccurate, inadvertent, incautious, inconsiderate, indifferent, indiscreet, indolent, injudicious, irresponsible, lackadaisical, lax, loose, mindless, negligent, nonchalant, oblivious, offhand, perfunctory, reckless, regardless, remiss, slipshod, sloppy, thoughtless, unconcerned, unguarded, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, wasteful, disregardful, napping, pococurante, uncircumspect, unreflective |
| Antonyms: | accurate, attentive, careful, cautious, concerned, mindful, painstaking, prudent, ready, thoughtful |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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