| Main Entry: | inattention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heedlessness |
Synonyms: |
abstraction, carelessness, disregard, dreaminess, inadvertence, neglect, negligence, remissness |
Antonyms: |
attention |
| Main Entry: | absent-mindedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preoccupation |
Synonyms: |
absorption, abstraction, distraction, dreaminess, forgetfulness, heedlessness, inattention |
| Main Entry: | disregard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ignoring |
Synonyms: |
apathy, brush-off, contempt, disdain, disesteem, disfavor, disinterest, disrespect, forgetting, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, indifference, insouciance, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, neglect, neglecting, negligence, oblivion, omission, omitting, overlooking, oversight, scorn, slight, slighting, the cold shoulder, unconcern, unmindfulness |
| Notes: | ignore is properly used of things that are present in our surroundings; but for things like rules, conventions, stipulations, contracts, the right word is disregard |
Antonyms: |
attention, esteem, honor, note, regard, respect |
| Main Entry: | forgetfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consistent inability to remember |
Synonyms: |
absentmindedness, abstraction, amnesia, blackout, blank, blockout, carelessness, dreaminess, fugue, heedlessness, hypomnesia, inattention, lapse of memory, laxness, lethe, limbo, loss of memory, negligence, nirvana, oblivion, obliviousness, paramnesia, repression, short memory, suppression |
Antonyms: |
attentiveness, heed, mindfulness, remembering |
| Main Entry: | indifference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absence of feeling, interest |
Synonyms: |
alienation, aloofness, apathy, callousness, carelessness, cold shoulder, cold-bloodedness, coldness, coolness, detachment, disdain, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, disregard, equity, heedlessness, immunity, impartiality, impassiveness, impassivity, inattention, inertia, insensitivity, insouciance, isolationism, lack, lethargy, listlessness, negligence, neutrality, nonchalance, noninterference, objectivity, stoicism, torpor, unconcern, unmindfulness |
Antonyms: |
caring, compassion, concern, feeling, interest, involvement, regard, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | neglect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disregard |
Synonyms: |
carelessness, coolness, delinquency, disdain, disregardance, disrespect, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, inconsideration, indifference, laxity, laxness, oversight, scorn, slight, thoughtlessness, unconcern |
Antonyms: |
care, obedience, observance, regard, respect, watchfulness |
| Main Entry: | negligence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carelessness |
Synonyms: |
disregard, failure, forgetfulness, heedlessness, inattention, inattentiveness, laxity, laxness, neglect, neglectfulness, oversight, thoughtlessness, unpreparedness |
| Main Entry: | oversight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure, omission |
Synonyms: |
blank*, blunder, carelessness, chasm, default, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, inattention, lapse, laxity, miscue, mistake, neglect, overlook, overlooking, preterition, pretermission, skip, slip, slipup |
Antonyms: |
attention, care, recollection, remembrance, success |
| Main Entry: | reverie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daydream |
Synonyms: |
absent-mindedness, absorption, abstraction, castle-building, castles in the air, contemplation, detachment, dreaminess, dreaming, fantasy, fool's paradise, head trip, inattention, meditation, mind trip, muse, musing, pensiveness, phantasy, pipe dream, preoccupation, study, thought, trance, trip*, woolgathering |
Antonyms: |
nightmare |
| Main Entry: | slight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult, disrespect |
Synonyms: |
affront, brush-off, call-down, cold shoulder, contempt, cut, discourtesy, disdain, disregard, inattention, indifference, kick, neglect, put-down, rebuff, rejection, slap in the face, snub |
Antonyms: |
compliment, praise, respect |