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thoughtful - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: thoughtful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: contemplative, introspective
Synonyms: absorbed, analytical, attentive, brainy*, calculating, cerebral, deep, discerning, earnest, engrossed, farsighted, grave, intellectual, intent, keen, levelheaded, logical, meditative, melancholy, musing, pensive, preoccupied, rapt, rational, reasonable, reasoning, reflective, retrospective, serious, sober, studious, subjective, thinking, wise, wistful, cogitative, deliberative, lost in thought, museful, philosophic, pondering, reflecting, ruminative
Antonyms: idiotic, negligent, obtuse, remiss, stupid, thoughtless
Main Entry: contemplative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deep in thought
Synonyms: attentive, intent, introspective, lost, meditative, musing, pensive, rapt, reflective, speculative, thinking, thoughtful, cogitative, in brown study, pondering, reflecting, ruminative
Antonyms: disdainful, negligent, scornful, shallow, disregarding, rejecting, unreflective
Main Entry: courteous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: gentle, mannerly
Synonyms: affable, attentive, ceremonious, civil, civilized, complaisant, considerate, courtly, debonair, elegant, gallant, genteel, gracious, polished, polite, refined, respectful, soft-spoken, suave, thoughtful, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered, cultivated, well-spoken
Antonyms: discourteous, impolite, rude, uncivil, unmannerly, unrefined, bad-mannered, uncourteous
Main Entry: deliberate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: intentional
Synonyms: advised, calculated, careful, cautious, cold-blooded, conscious, considered, cut-and-dried*, express, fixed, intended, meticulous, planned, predetermined, premeditated, provident, prudent, purposeful, scrupulous, studied, studious, thoughtful, voluntary, wary, willful, aforethought, designed, designful, done on purpose, judged, pondered, prearranged, predesigned, predeterminate, prepense, projected, purposed, purposive, reasoned, resolved, schemed, thought out, weighed, with forethought, witting
Antonyms: chance, indeterminate, unintentional, unwitting, unmethodical, unsystematic
Main Entry: devoted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: committed, loyal
Synonyms: adherent, affectionate, ardent, concerned, consecrated, constant, crazy about*, dear, dedicated, devout, doting, dutiful, faithful, fervid, fond, loving, staunch, steadfast, thoughtful, true, true-blue*, zealous, behind one, caring, gone on, lovesome, stuck on, wild about
Antonyms: apathetic, disloyal, inconstant, neglectful, negligent, uncommitted, unfaithful, untrustworthy
Main Entry: discreet
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: cautious, sensible
Synonyms: alert, attentive, awake, cagey, calculating, careful, chary, circumspect, civil, conservative, considerate, diplomatic, discerning, discriminating, gingerly, guarded, heedful, intelligent, judicious, moderate, noncommittal, observant, politic, prudent, reasonable, reserved, restrained, safe, sagacious, strategic, tactful, temperate, thoughtful, vigilant, wary, watchful, wise, worldly-wise, controlled, having foresight, like a clam, not rash, on lookout, precautious
Notes: discreet means 'judicious, prudent, showing discernment,' while discrete means 'detached, separate' and 'individually distinct'
Antonyms: careless, foolish, incautious, indiscreet, rash, reckless, thoughtless, uncareful, undiscerning
Main Entry: forbearing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tolerant
Synonyms: charitable, clement, considerate, easy, forgiving, gentle, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, lenient, long-suffering, merciful, mild, moderate, patient, thoughtful, being big, going easy on, going easy with, living with, longanimous, soft-shell
Antonyms: impatient, intolerant, merciless, strict, uncontrolled
Main Entry: gallant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: brave, splendid
Synonyms: attentive, bold, considerate, courageous, courteous, courtly, daring, dashing, dauntless, dignified, doughty, fearless, game*, glorious, gracious, grand, gritty*, hairy*, heroic, honorable, intrepid, lionhearted*, lofty, magnanimous, noble, plucky*, polite, quixotic, stately, stouthearted, suave, thoughtful, urbane, valiant, valorous, fire-eating
Antonyms: afraid, cowardly, fearful, timid, ungentlemanly, unmannerly
Main Entry: intellectual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very smart
Synonyms: bookish, brainy*, cerebral, creative, highbrow*, intelligent, inventive, learned, mental, psychological, rational, scholarly, studious, subjective, thoughtful, highbrowed, intellective, phrenic
Antonyms: foolish, ignorant, simple, stupid
Main Entry: kindly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: compassionate, helpful
Synonyms: attentive, beneficial, benevolent, benign, cool, cordial, favorable, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, good-natured, gracious, hearty, humane, kind, kindhearted, mellow, merciful, mild, neighborly, pleasant, polite, sociable, sympathetic, thoughtful, warm, benignant, good-hearted
Antonyms: disagreeable, inconsiderate, unsympathetic, unkindly
Main Entry: largess
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: generosity
Synonyms: aid, alms, altruistic, benefaction, benevolent, charitable, charity, donation, endowment, generous, gift, giving, philanthropy, thoughtful
Main Entry: loving
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: expressing adoration
Synonyms: affectionate, amatory, amiable, amorous, anxious, appreciative, ardent, attentive, benevolent, concerned, considerate, cordial, dear, demonstrative, devoted, doting, earnest, enamored, erotic, expressive, faithful, fervent, fond, friendly, generous, idolatrous, impassioned, infatuated, kind, liking, loyal, passionate, respecting, reverent, romantic, sentimental, solicitous, tender, thoughtful, warm, worshipful, zealous, admiring, attached, bound up, caring, reverential, valuing, warm-hearted
Antonyms: mean, disliking, hating
Main Entry: meditative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: contemplative
Synonyms: awake, aware, introspective, musing, pensive, philosophical, rapt, reflective, thinking, thoughtful, cogitative, lucubratory, prayerful, ruminant, ruminative
Main Entry: mindful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: attentive, aware
Synonyms: alert, alive to, apprehensive, au courant, be up on, cagey, careful, cautious, chary, cognizant, conscientious, conscious, conversant, heedful, in the know, know all the answers, know ins and outs, knowing, knowledgeable, observant, observative, observing, on one's toes, on the ball*, on the job, on to, plugged in, regardful, respectful, sensible, solicitous, thoughtful, tuned in, vigilant, wary, watchful, with eyes peeled
Antonyms: absent-minded, careless, heedless, inattentive, unaware
Main Entry: openhanded
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: generous
Synonyms: altruistic, benevolent, big, big-hearted, bountiful, charitable, considerate, giving, helpful, hospitable, kind, kindhearted, kindly, liberal, magnanimous, philanthropic, thoughtful, unselfish
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