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| 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 |
| Notes: | oblivious means lacking all memory or lacking active conscious awareness or knowledge, while obvious means easily perceived or understood |
| Antonyms: | aware, concerned, conscious, mindful, sensitive, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | absentee |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not being present |
| Synonyms: | absent, distant, oblivious, remote |
| 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preoccupied, remote, removed, scatterbrained, surroundings, unconscious, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, withdrawn, airheaded, airheaded, bemused, distrait, goofing off, head in the clouds, inconscient, mooning, moony, out to lunch, pipe dreaming, space cadet, spacey,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: | 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: | heedless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless |
| Synonyms: | daydreaming, fast and loose, feckless, foolhardy, impetuous, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, precipitate, rash, reckless, slapdash*, sloppy, thoughtless, uncaring, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, unwary, asleep at the switch, disregardful, goofing off, irreflective, out to lunch |
| Antonyms: | attentive, careful, cautious, concerned, heedful, observant, thoughtful, caring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ignorant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware, unknowing |
| Synonyms: | dense, green*, illiterate, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, moronic, naive, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unlearned, unmindful, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless, apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, imbecilic, misinformed, nescient, unconversant, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlettered, unread |
| Antonyms: | aware, competent, educated, intelligent, knowledgeable, literate, talented, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inattentive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | negligent, not paying attention |
| Synonyms: | absent, absentminded, apathetic, blind, bored, careless, distracted, distraught, diverted, dreamy, faraway, heedless, inadvertent, indifferent, listless, lost*, musing, neglectful, oblivious, off-guard*, preoccupied, rapt, regardless, remiss, removed, scatterbrained*, thoughtless, unconscious, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, vague, distrait, inobservant, out to lunch, undiscerning, unnoticing, unobserving, unperceiving, unwatchful |
| Antonyms: | attentive, heedful, noticing, observant, looking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | rapt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbed, fascinated |
| Synonyms: | absent, absent-minded, abstracted, bewitched, blissful, busy, charmed, daydreaming, deep*, delighted, dreaming, ecstatic, employed, enamored, engaged, engrossed, happy, held, hung up*, hypnotized, immersed, inattentive, intent, involved, lost, oblivious, occupied, overwhelmed, preoccupied, rapturous, spellbound, taken, transported, unconscious, wrapped, beguiled, captivated, carried away, caught up in, enraptured, enthralled, entranced, gripped, ravished, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | disenchanted, repulsed, turned off |
* = 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: | uninformed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware |
| Synonyms: | blind, daydreaming, deaf, ignorant, in the dark, inattentive, negligent, oblivious, unconscious, uneducated, unenlightened, unknowing, unschooled, caught napping, not informed, not told, out of it, out to lunch, unbriefed, uninstructed |
| Main Entry: | unknowing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware |
| Synonyms: | blank, blind, daydreaming, deaf, ignorant, in the dark, inattentive, negligent, oblivious, unconscious, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, unschooled, caught napping, not informed, not knowing, not told, out of it, out to lunch, unbriefed, uninstructed |
| Main Entry: | unthinking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless |
| Synonyms: | feckless, foolish, heedless, impulsive, inadvertent, inconsiderate, indelicate, insensitive, instinctive, mechanical, negligent, oblivious, outrageous, rash, rude, selfish, senseless, tactless, thoughtless, uncaring, unconscious, unheeding, unmindful, unpremeditated, unwise, vacant, witless, blundering, brutish, napping, undiplomatic, unintended, unmeant, unreasoning, untactful |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, thoughtful |
| 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: | out cold |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | unconscious |
| Synonyms: | comatose, oblivious, anesthetized, dead to the world, down for the count, fast asleep, out like a light, out of it, sound asleep, zonked out |
| 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 |
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