What are the opposite words for inattentive?
Inattentive means lacking focus or care, and some antonyms for this word are attentive, alert, watchful, mindful, and observant. Being attentive means being diligent, careful, and not easily distracted, while being alert means being aware of one's surroundings and ready to act quickly. Watchful and observant are also antonyms for inattentive, as they both mean paying attention to details and keeping an eye out for potential dangers. Another antonym for inattentive is mindful, meaning having a strong awareness or consideration for something. Using these antonyms can help to describe a person who is on top of things and paying close attention to their surroundings.
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- attentive
- loving
- courteous
- cautious
- vigilant
- generous
- aware
- hearing
- deliberate
- circumspect
- discreet
- alert
- anxious
- careful
- conscious
- devoted
- interested
- kind
- mindful
- observant
- protective
- prudent
- regardful
- solicitous
- studious
- thoughtful
- wise
- worried
- appreciative
- charitable
- concerned
- diligent
- distrustful
- engrossed
- intentional
- judicious
- kindly
- knowledgeable
- listening
- suspicious
- wary
- watchful
- all
- attentive, lively
- worried, tense
- understanding, recognizing worth
- concentrating
- considerate
- awake
- cautious; painstaking
- careful, guarded
- kind, lenient
- careful, cautious
- cautious, discreet
- alert, awake
- respectful of others
- gentle, mannerly
- committed, loyal
- persevering, hard-working
- cautious, sensible
- preoccupied; attentive to
- giving, big-hearted
- negligent, not paying attention
- concerned, curious
- wise, thoughtful
- generous, good
- expressing adoration
- attentive, aware
- mannerly, civilized
- guarding, securing
- wise, sensible in action and thought
- attentive, observant
- scholarly, attentive
- caring, mindful
- careful, watchful
- on the lookout
- intelligent, reasonable
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- attentive
- loving
- courteous
-
cautious
- forethoughtful,
- fore thoughtful,
- fore-thoughtful,
- hedging one bets,
- hedging one's bets,
- hedging ones bets,
- keeping on one toes,
- keeping on one's toes,
- keeping on ones toes,
- keeping on toes,
- keeping one toes,
- keeping ones toes,
- keeping toes,
- more forethoughtful,
- more pussyfoot,
- most forethoughtful,
- most pussyfoot,
- playing cool,
- playing it cool,
- taking easy,
- taking it easy,
- thinking twice,
- walking eggs,
- walking on eggs,
- watching ones step,
- watching step,
- with one eyes peeled,
- with ones eyes peeled.
- vigilant
- generous
-
aware
- know the score,
- know what's what,
- up on,
- wise to,
- go-go,
- in the know,
- go go,
- in know,
- in picture,
- in the picture,
- in to,
- know score,
- know what what,
- know whats what,
- knowhow,
- latched on,
- more appraised,
- more apprised,
- more go go,
- more go-go,
- more grounded,
- more in to,
- more into,
- more know-how,
- more knowhow,
- most appraised,
- most apprised,
- most go go,
- most go-go,
- most gogo,
- most grounded,
- most into,
- most know-how,
- most knowhow,
- tuned in.
- hearing
-
deliberate
- aforethought,
- prearranged,
- purposive,
- Designful,
- Predeterminate,
- Prepense,
- coldblooded,
- cold blooded,
- cut and dried,
- de liberate,
- de signed,
- de-liberate,
- de-signed,
- done on purpose,
- done purpose,
- ex press,
- ex-press,
- in tended,
- in-tended,
- more aforethought,
- more designed,
- more designful,
- more judged,
- more predesigned,
- more predeterminate,
- more projected,
- more purposed,
- more resolved,
- more schemed,
- more weighed,
- most designed,
- most designful,
- most judged,
- most pondered,
- most predeterminate,
- most prepense,
- most purposive,
- most reasoned,
- most resolved,
- most schemed,
- most weighed,
- pre designed,
- pre determinate,
- pre determined,
- pre meditated,
- pre-arranged,
- pre-designed,
- pre-determinate,
- pre-determined,
- pre-meditated,
- predesigned,
- re-solved,
- thought out,
- with forethought.
- circumspect
- discreet
-
alert
- on the qui vive,
- quick,
- quickest,
- jazzed,
- wisest,
- wideawake,
- on the lookout,
- psyched up,
- all ears,
- fast draw,
- fast on draw,
- fast on the draw,
- fast the draw,
- good hands,
- heads up,
- more intelligent,
- more jazzed,
- most jazzed,
- on job,
- on one toes,
- on one's toes,
- on ones toes,
- on qui vive,
- on the job,
- switched on,
- wide awake.
-
anxious
- in suspense,
- wrecker,
- Butterflies,
- Hacked,
- unglued,
- in a tizzy,
- in a state,
- over-wrought,
- dis quieted,
- dis tressed,
- dis-quieted,
- dis-tressed,
- in state,
- in tizzy,
- more bugged,
- more butterflies,
- more choked,
- more clutched,
- more disquieted,
- more dreading,
- more hacked,
- more hyper,
- more spooked,
- more unglued,
- most bugged,
- most butterflies,
- most choked,
- most clutched,
- most disquieted,
- most dreading,
- most hacked,
- most spooked,
- most unglued,
- shot pieces,
- shot to pieces,
- strung out,
- un easier,
- un easiest,
- un easy,
- un glued,
- un quiet,
- un-easier,
- un-easiest,
- un-glued,
- un-quiet,
- un-quietest,
- up tight,
- up-tight,
- wreckest.
- careful
-
conscious
- percipient,
- witting,
- supraliminal,
- alive to,
- sensitive to,
- able recognize,
- able to recognize,
- hep to,
- in right mind,
- more apperceptive,
- more felt,
- more percipient,
- more remarking,
- more supraliminal,
- more witting,
- most apperceptive,
- most felt,
- most percipient,
- most recognizing,
- most remarking,
- most supraliminal,
- most witting,
- re cognizing,
- re marking,
- re-cognizing,
- re-marking,
- supra liminal,
- supra-liminal.
- devoted
- interested
- kind
- mindful
-
observant
- advertent,
- observant,
- sharp-eyed,
- Intentive,
- dis covering,
- dis-covering,
- eagle eyed,
- eagleeyed,
- more advertent,
- more comprehending,
- more contemplating,
- more deducing,
- more detecting,
- more discovering,
- more intentive,
- more questioning,
- more sharp eyed,
- more sharp-eyed,
- more sharpeyed,
- more surveying,
- most advertent,
- most comprehending,
- most contemplating,
- most deducing,
- most detecting,
- most discovering,
- most intentive,
- most questioning,
- most sharp eyed,
- most sharp-eyed,
- most surveying,
- not missing a trick,
- not missing trick,
- sharpeyed.
- protective
- prudent
- regardful
- solicitous
- studious
- thoughtful
- wise
- worried
- appreciative
- charitable
-
concerned
- in on,
- privy to,
- in a stew,
- on pins and needles,
- biting nails,
- biting one nails,
- biting one's nails,
- biting ones nails,
- butterflies in stomach,
- butterflies stomach,
- down with,
- in stew,
- more affected,
- more caring,
- more exercised,
- most caring,
- most exercised,
- on pins needles,
- tied in knots,
- tied knots,
- tied up in knots,
- tied up knots,
- up set,
- up-set.
- diligent
- distrustful
-
engrossed
- caught up,
- wrapped up,
- Riveted,
- all wound up,
- caught in,
- fiend for,
- heavily in to,
- heavily into,
- more captivated,
- more consumed,
- more diligent,
- more gripped,
- more monopolized,
- more riveted,
- more submerged,
- most captivated,
- most consumed,
- most gripped,
- most in to,
- most monopolized,
- most riveted,
- most submerged,
- really in to,
- really into,
- sub merged,
- sub-merged,
- taken up with,
- up here in,
- up to here in.
- intentional
-
judicious
- clear-sighted,
- clearsighted,
- clear sighted,
- far sighted,
- more clear-sighted,
- more clearsighted,
- more well judged,
- more well-judged,
- more welljudged,
- most clear sighted,
- most clear-sighted,
- most clearsighted,
- most well judged,
- most well-judged,
- most welljudged,
- pro found,
- pro founder,
- pro-found,
- pro-founder,
- quick witted,
- quickwitted,
- well advised,
- well judged,
- welladvised,
- welljudged.
- kindly
- knowledgeable
- listening
- suspicious
- wary
- watchful
- all
- attentive, lively
- worried, tense
- understanding, recognizing worth
- concentrating
- considerate
- awake
- cautious; painstaking
- careful, guarded
- kind, lenient
-
careful, cautious
- wary.
- cautious, discreet
- alert, awake
- respectful of others
- gentle, mannerly
- committed, loyal
- persevering, hard-working
- cautious, sensible
- preoccupied; attentive to
- giving, big-hearted
- negligent, not paying attention
- concerned, curious
- wise, thoughtful
-
generous, good
- kind.
- expressing adoration
- attentive, aware
- mannerly, civilized
- guarding, securing
- wise, sensible in action and thought
- attentive, observant
- scholarly, attentive
- caring, mindful
- careful, watchful
- on the lookout
-
intelligent, reasonable
- wise.
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
wreathes
- Antonyms:
- uncover, unwrap, stay.
