Definition for Forgetfulness:

• Aptness to forget; oblivion.

Synonyms for Forgetfulness:

• n.

  •
  • escape.
  •cognition (noun)
  • forgetfulness.
  •consistent inability to remember (noun)
  • heedlessness,
  • obliviousness,
  • inattention,
  • nirvana,
  • abstraction,
  • blackout,
  • fugue,
  • paramnesia,
  • repression,
  • short memory,
  • blank,
  • loss of memory,
  • amnesia,
  • lapse of memory,
  • limbo,
  • hypomnesia,
  • carelessness,
  • suppression,
  • blockout,
  • lethe.
  •forgetfulness (noun)
  • blankness,
  • obliteration,
  • erasure.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • absentmindedness,
  • dreaminess,
  • elision,
  • inadvertency,
  • inattentiveness,
  • laxness,
  • negligence,
  • oblivion,
  • omission,
  • preterition,
  • remissness,
  • slackness,
  • unconsciousness,
  • unmindfulness,
  • elisions,
  • prohibitions,
  • unpreparedness,
  • withholdings,
  • leaving out,
  • disregardance,
  • inadvertencies,
  • missings,
  • non-inclusion,
  • noninclusion.

Paraphrases for Forgetfulness:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    oblivion.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    oversight, wayside.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    neglect, omission.

Antonyms for Forgetfulness:

• n.

  • consistent inability to remember
    mindfulness, remembering, attentiveness, heed.
  • Other antonyms:
    recall, memory, remembrance, alertness, consciousness, recollection, cognizance, awareness.

Forgetfulness Sentence Examples:

• Yes, it was pointing him the only way out, - the path to the distant ocean and utter forgetfulness again!

• And the strains and cost and dangers of war will not scare men out of their forgetfulness.

Hypernym for Forgetfulness:

• n.

  • cognition
    oblivion, senior moment, obliviousness.

Hyponym for Forgetfulness:

• n.

  • cognition
    memory loss, unawareness, unknowingness, blackout, amnesia.