What is another word for heedless?
958 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈiːdləs], [ hˈiːdləs], [ h_ˈiː_d_l_ə_s]
Heedless is an adjective that means "unmindful" or "careless." Some synonyms for heedless include thoughtless, reckless, inattentive, careless, negligent, irresponsible, and indifferent. These words convey a sense of not paying attention or showing concern for one's actions or the possible consequences of those actions. Other synonyms for heedless include unobservant, absent-minded, or unaware, reflecting a lack of attention or focus. Regardless of the context in which it is used, heedless can have serious implications, as it suggests that a person is not taking the care or caution that they should be. As such, these synonyms all warn of the dangers and potential problems that can arise from failing to take heed.
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Similar words for heedless:
- accidental (adjective)
- blind (adjective)
- fallible (adjective)
- gaga (adjective)
- giddy (adjective)
- happy-go-lucky (adjective)
- hasty (adjective)
- inattentive (adjective)
- incurious (adjective)
- indifferent (adjective)
- loose (adjective)
- neglectful (adjective)
- overconfident (adjective)
- rash (adjective)
- reckless (adjective)
- slovenly (adjective)
- thoughtless (adjective)
- unadvised (adjective)
- unaware (adjective)
- ungrateful (adjective)
- absent-minded (adjective)
- aimless (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- brash (adjective)
- careless (adjective)
- devil-may-care (adjective)
- forgetful (adjective)
- harebrained (adjective)
- headstrong (adjective)
- ill-considered (adjective)
- imprudent (adjective)
- inadvertent (adjective)
- incautious (adjective)
- indiscreet (adjective)
- indocile (adjective)
- insouciant (adjective)
- listless (adjective)
- mindless (adjective)
- negligent (adjective)
- oblivious (adjective)
- perfunctory (adjective)
- precipitous/precipitate (adjective)
- preoccupied (adjective)
- regardless (adjective)
- remiss (adjective)
- supererogative (adjective)
- thankless (adjective)
- unappreciative (adjective)
- uncomprehending (adjective)
- unconcerned (adjective)
- unconsidered (adjective)
- unmindful (adjective)
- unobservant (adjective)
- unperceptive (adjective)
- unruly (adjective)
- unthankful (adjective)
- unthanking (adjective)
- unthinking (adjective)
- unthoughtful (adjective)
- unthrifty (adjective)
- wanton (adjective)
- heedless
- naive
- noun
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Heedless:
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adj.
• accidental • blind • fallible • gaga • giddy • happy-go-lucky • hasty • inattentive- Absent-minded ,
- Disregardful ,
- Ignoring ,
- absent ,
- aloof ,
- befuddled ,
- detached ,
- disinterested ,
- distracted ,
- dreamy ,
- faraway ,
- napping ,
- preoccupied ,
- unconscious ,
- uninterested ,
- unmindful ,
- wandering .
- daring ,
- foolhardy ,
- frantic ,
- hectic ,
- irresponsible ,
- nonchalant ,
- reckless ,
- uncareful ,
- wild ,
- overventuresome .
- deaf to ,
- in a daze ,
- not cognizant ,
- out cold ,
- in daze ,
- un aware ,
- un enlightened ,
- un-aware ,
- un-enlightened .
- be mused ,
- be-mused ,
- dis trait ,
- dis-trait ,
- head clouds ,
- head in clouds ,
- head the clouds ,
- inconscient ,
- more airheaded ,
- more daydreaming ,
- more inconscient ,
- more mooning ,
- more surroundings ,
- more woolgathering ,
- most airheaded ,
- most daydreaming ,
- most inconscient ,
- most mooning ,
- most surroundings ,
- most woolgathering ,
- out lunch ,
- pipe dreaming ,
- re mote ,
- re moved ,
- re-mote ,
- re-moved ,
- sur roundings ,
- sur-roundings ,
- un conscious ,
- un-conscious ,
- unaware events ,
- with drawn ,
- with-drawn .
- fits starts ,
- flighty ,
- in decisive ,
- in discriminate ,
- in-decisive ,
- in-discriminate ,
- more bits and pieces ,
- more bits-and-pieces ,
- more directionless ,
- more drifting ,
- more goalless ,
- more objectless ,
- more undirected ,
- more unguided ,
- more vagrant ,
- most bits and pieces ,
- most bits-and-pieces ,
- most directionless ,
- most drifting ,
- most goalless ,
- most objectless ,
- most undirected ,
- most unguided ,
- most vagrant ,
- un availing ,
- un directed ,
- un guided ,
- un planned ,
- un predictable ,
- un-availing ,
- un-directed ,
- un-guided ,
- un-planned ,
- un-predictable ,
- wayward .
- flip ,
- flippest ,
- head long ,
- head-long ,
- ill advised ,
- illadvised ,
- in solent ,
- in-solent ,
- insolent ,
- more self asserting ,
- more self-asserting ,
- more selfasserting ,
- most self asserting ,
- most self-asserting ,
- most selfasserting ,
- pre sumptuous ,
- pre-sumptuous ,
- self asserting ,
- self assertive ,
- self-assertive ,
- selfasserting ,
- selfassertive ,
- un diplomatic ,
- un tactful ,
- un-diplomatic ,
- un-tactful ,
- up pity ,
- up-pity .
- asleep job ,
- asleep the job ,
- like absent minded professor ,
- like absent-minded professor ,
- like absentminded professor ,
- like an absent minded professor ,
- like an absentminded professor ,
- more amnemonic ,
- more amnesic ,
- more nirvanic ,
- most amnemonic ,
- most amnesic ,
- most nirvanic ,
- not job ,
- not on job ,
- not the job ,
- out it ,
- un witting ,
- un-witting .
- hard nosed ,
- hard-nosed ,
- hardshell ,
- head strong ,
- in tractable ,
- in-tractable ,
- lockedin ,
- more hard nosed ,
- more locked in ,
- more locked-in ,
- more lockedin ,
- more murder ,
- more self willed ,
- more self-willed ,
- more selfwilled ,
- more strong minded ,
- more strong-minded ,
- more strongminded ,
- most locked in ,
- most locked-in ,
- most lockedin ,
- most murder ,
- most self willed ,
- most self-willed ,
- most selfwilled ,
- most strong minded ,
- most strong-minded ,
- most strongminded ,
- muler ,
- mulest ,
- pig headed ,
- self willed ,
- selfwilled ,
- strong minded ,
- strongminded ,
- un controllable ,
- un governable ,
- un yielding ,
- un-controllable ,
- un-governable ,
- un-yielding .
- ill judged ,
- illjudged ,
- in expedient ,
- in-expedient ,
- more ill judged ,
- more ill-judged ,
- more illjudged ,
- more overhasty ,
- more unadvisable ,
- most ill judged ,
- most ill-judged ,
- most illjudged ,
- most overhasty ,
- most unadvisable ,
- off the deep end ,
- over-hasty ,
- un advisable ,
- un wise ,
- un wiser ,
- un wisest ,
- un-advisable ,
- un-wise ,
- un-wiser ,
- un-wisest .
- in advertent ,
- in-advertent ,
- more irreflective ,
- more unthought ,
- most irreflective ,
- most unthought ,
- not purpose ,
- un caring ,
- un designed ,
- un devised ,
- un intended ,
- un intentional ,
- un premeditated ,
- un thought ,
- un-caring ,
- un-designed ,
- un-devised ,
- un-intended ,
- un-intentional ,
- un-premeditated ,
- un-thought ,
- unthought .
- foot in mouth ,
- in cautious ,
- in-cautious ,
- more fast and loose ,
- more fast-and-loose ,
- more foot in mouth ,
- more foot-in-mouth ,
- more unalert ,
- more unvigilant ,
- most fast and loose ,
- most fast-and-loose ,
- most foot in mouth ,
- most foot-in-mouth ,
- most unalert ,
- most unvigilant ,
- sticking neck out ,
- sticking one neck out ,
- sticking one's neck out ,
- sticking ones neck out ,
- un alert ,
- un vigilant ,
- un-alert ,
- un-vigilant .
- in animate ,
- in-animate ,
- laidback ,
- more energyless ,
- more mopish ,
- most energyless ,
- most mopish ,
- un interested ,
- un-interested .
- more brutish ,
- more nitwitted ,
- most brutish ,
- most nitwitted ,
- spacedout ,
- un intelligent ,
- un-intelligent ,
- witless .
- asleep switch ,
- in curious ,
- in-curious ,
- more discinct ,
- more unheedful ,
- most discinct ,
- most unheedful ,
- un heedful ,
- un-heedful .
- in cognizant ,
- in conversant ,
- in sensible ,
- in-cognizant ,
- in-conversant ,
- in-sensible ,
- more blundering ,
- more forgetting ,
- more inconversant ,
- more overlooking ,
- more unrecognizing ,
- most blundering ,
- most forgetting ,
- most inconversant ,
- most overlooking ,
- most unrecognizing ,
- over looking ,
- over-looking ,
- un acquainted ,
- un familiar ,
- un informed ,
- un instructed ,
- un knowing ,
- un recognizing ,
- un-acquainted ,
- un-familiar ,
- un-informed ,
- un-instructed ,
- un-knowing ,
- un-recognizing .
- Subitaneous ,
- gone half cocked ,
- gone half-cocked ,
- gone halfcocked ,
- gone off half cocked ,
- gone off halfcocked ,
- harum scarum ,
- harumscarum ,
- jump gun ,
- more subitaneous ,
- more unanticipated ,
- most precipitate ,
- most subitaneous ,
- most unanticipated ,
- off hip ,
- off the hip ,
- off the top head ,
- off the top of head ,
- off top head ,
- un anticipated ,
- un controlled ,
- un expected ,
- un foreseen ,
- un-anticipated ,
- un-controlled ,
- un-expected ,
- un-foreseen .
- have brain ,
- have on brain ,
- have the brain ,
- in tent ,
- lost thought ,
- more bugged ,
- more wrapped up ,
- more wrapped-up ,
- more wrappedup ,
- most bugged ,
- most wrapped up ,
- most wrapped-up ,
- most wrappedup ,
- pre occupied ,
- pre-occupied ,
- wrappedup .
- dis regarding ,
- dis-regarding ,
- more disregarding ,
- more nonobservant ,
- most disregarding ,
- most nonobservant ,
- non observant ,
- non-observant ,
- un feeling .
- in appreciative ,
- in-appreciative ,
- more inappreciative ,
- most inappreciative ,
- self centered ,
- selfcentered ,
- un gracious ,
- un-gracious .
- hard hearted ,
- more hard hearted ,
- more hard-hearted ,
- more unbothered ,
- most hard hearted ,
- most hard-hearted ,
- most unbothered ,
- re served ,
- re-served ,
- un bothered ,
- un concerned ,
- un perturbed ,
- un ruffled ,
- un-bothered ,
- un-concerned ,
- un-perturbed ,
- un-ruffled ,
- unbothered .
Other synonyms:
- feckless ,
- unobservant .
- mindless .
Other relevant words:
- deaf .
- Bird-witted ,
- Forgetting ,
- Giddy-brained ,
- Highflying ,
- Hot-headed ,
- Inexcitable ,
- Inobservant ,
- Irreflective ,
- Lethean ,
- Mooning ,
- Neglecting ,
- Percursory ,
- Pococurante ,
- Rantipole ,
- Respectless ,
- Scatter-brained ,
- Star-gazing ,
- Supererogative ,
- Unattentive ,
- Uncomplaisant ,
- Unobserving ,
- Unsolicitous ,
- Unthrifty ,
- absentminded ,
- absorbed ,
- abstracted ,
- absurd ,
- adventurous ,
- aimless ,
- aimlessly ,
- airy ,
- amnestic ,
- apathetic ,
- arbitrary ,
- asleep at the switch ,
- at random ,
- ataractic ,
- audacious ,
- automatic ,
- away ,
- become tangled ,
- blase ,
- blindly ,
- blithe ,
- blocked ,
- bold ,
- bored ,
- brainsick ,
- breakneck ,
- businesslike ,
- capricious ,
- carefree ,
- carelessly ,
- carelessness ,
- casual ,
- casually ,
- chance ,
- cheeky ,
- childish ,
- converted ,
- crackpot ,
- crazy ,
- cursory ,
- dangerous ,
- daredevil ,
- dashing ,
- daydreaming ,
- degage ,
- delinquent ,
- delusional ,
- derelict ,
- desperate ,
- desperation ,
- devil-may-care ,
- dilatory ,
- dismissive ,
- dissolute ,
- distant ,
- distrait ,
- dizzy ,
- easy going ,
- easygoing ,
- erratically ,
- excitable ,
- extravagant ,
- fallible ,
- fanciful ,
- fatuous ,
- featherheaded ,
- feebleness ,
- fleeting ,
- flippant ,
- foolhardiness ,
- foolish ,
- foolishness ,
- formal ,
- free ,
- gaga ,
- giddy ,
- goofing off ,
- grasshopper ,
- gutsy ,
- hand over head ,
- haphazard ,
- haphazardly ,
- happy-go-lucky ,
- hare-brained ,
- harebrained ,
- harum-scarum ,
- haste ,
- hastily ,
- hastiness ,
- hasty ,
- hazy ,
- head over heels ,
- headlong ,
- headstrong ,
- heady ,
- heedlessly ,
- heedlessness ,
- heels over head ,
- hot-tempered ,
- hotheaded ,
- hurried ,
- ignorant ,
- ill-advised ,
- ill-considered ,
- ill-informed ,
- ill-judged ,
- illiterate ,
- immature ,
- impassive ,
- impervious ,
- impetuous ,
- impolitic ,
- improvident ,
- imprudence ,
- imprudently ,
- impulsive ,
- in a trance ,
- in the clouds ,
- inadvisable ,
- inane ,
- inattentively ,
- incaution ,
- incautious ,
- incautiously ,
- inclined to forget ,
- incognizant ,
- inconsiderate ,
- indiscreet ,
- indiscretion ,
- indiscriminate ,
- indiscriminately ,
- indocile ,
- indolent ,
- inexpedient ,
- injudicious ,
- insane ,
- insensible ,
- insensitive ,
- insouciant ,
- instinctive ,
- intolerant ,
- involuntary ,
- irrational ,
- lackadaisical ,
- lavish ,
- lax ,
- lazy ,
- listless ,
- loose ,
- lost ,
- mad ,
- madcap ,
- mechanical ,
- mindlessness ,
- misguided ,
- musing ,
- muzzy ,
- nearsighted ,
- neglect ,
- neglectful ,
- negligence ,
- negligently ,
- nervy ,
- non-discriminatory ,
- non-selective ,
- nonsensical ,
- off ,
- offhand ,
- offhanded ,
- oscitant ,
- out to lunch ,
- overconfident ,
- perfunctory ,
- perverse ,
- phlegmatic ,
- pointlessly ,
- precipitancy ,
- precipitant ,
- precipitate ,
- precipitation ,
- promiscuous ,
- puerile ,
- purblind ,
- purposelessly ,
- quick-tempered ,
- quixotic ,
- raffish ,
- rakish ,
- randomly ,
- rashly ,
- rashness ,
- rattlebrained ,
- reasonless ,
- recklessly ,
- recklessness ,
- reflex ,
- remiss ,
- removed ,
- repressed ,
- robot-like ,
- routine ,
- rude ,
- rushed ,
- selfish ,
- senseless ,
- shiftless ,
- short-sighted ,
- shortsighted ,
- silly ,
- slack ,
- slapdash ,
- slipshod ,
- sloppily ,
- sloppy ,
- slovenly ,
- slow ,
- stolid ,
- stupid ,
- subconscious ,
- subliminal ,
- supererogatory ,
- superficial ,
- suppressed ,
- tactless ,
- temerarious ,
- temerity ,
- the past ,
- thoughtlessly ,
- thoughtlessness ,
- thriftless ,
- turned-off ,
- unaccommodating ,
- unacquainted ,
- unadvised ,
- unaffectionate ,
- unanxious ,
- unappreciated ,
- unaware ,
- uncalculated ,
- uncalculating ,
- uncaring ,
- uncomprehending ,
- unconscientious ,
- unconsidered ,
- uncooperative ,
- uncritical ,
- under the influence ,
- undiplomatic ,
- undiscerning ,
- undiscriminating ,
- uneconomical ,
- unenlightened ,
- unfamiliar ,
- unfastidious ,
- unfussy ,
- ungracious ,
- unguarded ,
- unhearing ,
- unheeding ,
- unhelpful ,
- uninformed ,
- uninquiring ,
- unintended ,
- unintentional ,
- uninvolved ,
- unknowing ,
- unmoved ,
- unnoticing ,
- unnoting ,
- unobliging ,
- unperceptive ,
- unpremeditated ,
- unprepared ,
- unready ,
- unreasoning ,
- unreflecting ,
- unreflective ,
- unresponsive ,
- unruly ,
- unsafe ,
- unselective ,
- unspontaneous ,
- unsympathetic ,
- untactful ,
- unthanking ,
- unthinking ,
- unthinkingly ,
- unthoughtful ,
- untroubled ,
- unvigilant ,
- unwary ,
- unwatchful ,
- unwise ,
- unwitting ,
- unworried ,
- unyielding ,
- vacantly ,
- venturesome ,
- visionary ,
- volatile ,
- wanton ,
- wilful ,
- withdrawn ,
- wool-gathering ,
- woolgathering ,
- wrecking ,
- wrong ,
- wrong-headed .
- Discinct ,
- Hard-hearted ,
- Impercipient ,
- Inconversant ,
- Mopish ,
- Objectless ,
- Uncircumspect ,
- airheaded ,
- amnemonic ,
- amnesic ,
- any old way ,
- asleep at switch ,
- asleep on job ,
- asleep on the job ,
- astigmatic ,
- bits and pieces ,
- bits-and-pieces ,
- brash ,
- brutish ,
- careless ,
- caught napping ,
- defaultant ,
- directionless ,
- energyless ,
- fast-and-loose ,
- fits and starts ,
- flipper ,
- foot-in-mouth ,
- goalless ,
- going through motions ,
- going through the motions ,
- gone off half-cocked ,
- hard core ,
- hard shell ,
- hardnosed ,
- have on the brain ,
- head in the clouds ,
- head-strong ,
- hot and cold ,
- imprudent ,
- inappreciative ,
- inattentive ,
- indifferent ,
- irrespective ,
- laid back ,
- leaving self wide open ,
- like an absent-minded professor ,
- locked in ,
- locked-in ,
- looking out window ,
- lost in thought ,
- mule ,
- negligent ,
- nirvanic ,
- nitwitted ,
- nonobservant ,
- not all there ,
- not on purpose ,
- not on the job ,
- not there ,
- oblivious ,
- off deep end ,
- off guard ,
- off top of head ,
- out of it ,
- out of line ,
- over hasty ,
- overhasty ,
- pay no mind ,
- phoning it in ,
- playing with fire ,
- rash ,
- regardless ,
- self-asserting ,
- self-willed ,
- space cadet ,
- spread out ,
- strong-minded ,
- strung out ,
- taken up ,
- thankless ,
- thoughtless ,
- unadvisable ,
- unalert ,
- unanticipated ,
- unappreciative ,
- unaware of events ,
- unconcerned ,
- undirected ,
- unguided ,
- unheedful ,
- unrecognizing ,
- unthankful ,
- walking through it ,
- wide open ,
- without warning ,
- wrapped-up .
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How to use "Heedless" in context?
Heedless is an adjective that means not caring about what is happening. It can describe someone who is not paying attention to what is happening around them.
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