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| 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 |
| Notes: | unaware is an adjective that means 'not being aware of something' and unawares is an adverb meaning 'by surprise; unexpectedly' |
| Antonyms: | aware, cognizant, informed, knowing, suspicious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| 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: | perfunctory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | automatic, unthinking |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, careless, cool, cursory, disinterested, heedless, impersonal, inattentive, indifferent, involuntary, lackadaisical, laid-back*, mechanical, negligent, offhand, routine, sketchy, slipshod*, slovenly, standard, stereotyped, stock, superficial, unaware, unconcerned, uninterested, usual, wooden*, going through the motions, phoning it in, walking through it |
| Antonyms: | careful, precise, thoughtful |
* = 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: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | abruptly |
| Synonyms: | aback, forthwith, sudden, suddenly, unaware, unawares, unexpectedly, by surprise, unanticipatedly, without delay, without hesitation, without warning |
| Antonyms: | long |
| Main Entry: | suddenly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | unexpectedly |
| Synonyms: | aback, forthwith, quickly, short, sudden, swiftly, unaware, unawares, abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, asudden, on spur of moment, unanticipatedly, without warning |
| Antonyms: | slowly, expectedly |
| Main Entry: | unadvised |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not smart; careless |
| Synonyms: | brash, hasty, heedless, ignorant, ill-advised, imprudent, in the dark, inadvisable, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, rash, reckless, thoughtless, unaware, uninformed, unknowing, unsuspecting, unwary, unwise, hot-headed, unconsidered, unwarned |
| Antonyms: | advised, wise |
| Main Entry: | unprepared |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not ready |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib*, caught off guard, ill-considered, impromptu, improvised, napping, not prepared, off the cuff*, off the top of one's head, offhand, played by ear, spontaneous, surprised, taken off guard, unaware, unexpected, unplanned, unready, unrehearsed, unschooled, unskilled, untrained, vulnerable, winged* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | in the dark |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | without knowledge |
| Synonyms: | ignorant, unaware, unknowing, uniformed |
| Main Entry: | blind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indifferent |
| Synonyms: | careless, heedless, ignorant, inattentive, inconsiderate, indiscriminate, injudicious, insensitive, myopic, nearsighted, neglectful, oblivious, thoughtless, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unobservant, imperceptive, undiscerning, unperceiving, unreasoning, unseeing |
| Antonyms: | aware, cunning, quick, sharp, understanding |
| Main Entry: | deaf |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwilling |
| Synonyms: | bullheaded*, headstrong, indifferent, intractable, mulish*, oblivious, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded*, strong-willed, stubborn, unaware, unconcerned, unmoved, self-willed, to listen blind, unhearing |
| Antonyms: | attentive, aware, conscious, listening, willing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unconscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant; automatic |
| Synonyms: | accidental, gut*, inadvertent, inattentive, inherent, innate, instinctive, involuntary, latent, lost, reflex, subconscious, unaware, unheeding, unintentional, unmindful, unpremeditated, unwitting, repressed, subliminal, suppressed, uncalculated, undeliberate, unintended, unrealized |
| Antonyms: | aware, conscious, decided, intended, intentional, knowing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unfamiliar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexperienced; not knowing about |
| Synonyms: | ignorant, incognizant, oblivious, unaccustomed, unacquainted, unaware, uninformed, uninitiated, unknowing, unknown, unskilled, unversed, unwitting, inconversant, not associated, not versed in, out of contact, unconversant, uninstructed, unpracticed |
| Antonyms: | experienced, familiar, knowing, versed |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | surprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
anoetic, blutterbunged, ferly, gloppened, imprevisible, inattentive, inopinate, mirific, serendipitous, startling, struck, sudden, surprised, unanticipated, unaware, unexpected, unforeseen, unwarned
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