Definition for Neglectful:

• Indicating or showing disregard; careless; negligent.

Synonyms for Neglectful:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • neglectful.
  •blind (adjective)
  • nearsighted,
  • inconsiderate,
  • unperceptive,
  • undiscerning,
  • unreasoning,
  • myopic,
  • unperceiving,
  • indiscriminate,
  • purblind,
  • careless,
  • insensitive,
  • unseeing,
  • Imperceptive,
  • unconscious,
  • uncomprehending,
  • ignorant,
  • unobservant,
  • unaware,
  • injudicious.
  •delinquent (adjective)
  • blameworthy,
  • shabby,
  • censurable,
  • faulty,
  • behind,
  • culpable,
  • overdue,
  • offending,
  • red-handed,
  • criminal,
  • guilty,
  • unpaid,
  • tardy,
  • Procrastinating,
  • reprehensible,
  • blamable.
  •dilatory (adjective)
  • Moratory,
  • lingering,
  • Snail-like,
  • putting off,
  • late,
  • Loitering,
  • Dallying,
  • leisurely,
  • Tarrying,
  • behindhand,
  • time-wasting,
  • backward,
  • slowest,
  • laggard,
  • sluggish,
  • deliberate,
  • Delaying,
  • unhasty,
  • unhurried,
  • snaillike,
  • slow.
  •disregardful (adjective)
  • dis-regardful,
  • dis regardful.
  •forgetful (adjective)
  • sloppy,
  • unwitting,
  • out to lunch,
  • moony,
  • dreamy,
  • pipe dreaming,
  • distracted,
  • bemused,
  • Absent-minded,
  • Mooning.
  •heedless (adjective)
  • imprudent,
  • unthinking,
  • rash,
  • inadvertent,
  • goofing off,
  • reckless,
  • unwary,
  • fast and loose,
  • impetuous,
  • precipitate,
  • daydreaming,
  • feckless,
  • foolhardy,
  • slapdash.
  •procrastinating (adjective)
  • dilatory.
  •regardless (adjective)
  • most disregarding,
  • most nonobservant,
  • un interested,
  • more nonobservant,
  • more disregarding,
  • un-interested,
  • dis-regarding,
  • dis regarding,
  • non observant,
  • non-observant.
  •slack (adjective)
  • easy going,
  • not busy,
  • easy-going.
  •slovenly (adjective)
  • messy,
  • slovenly,
  • disheveled,
  • unkempt,
  • dirty,
  • squalid.
  •thoughtless (adjective)
  • unthoughtful,
  • emptyheaded,
  • unreflective,
  • Disregardful,
  • lamebrained,
  • asocial,
  • anti-social,
  • Hot-headed.
  •uncomprehending (adjective)
  • un-comprehending,
  • un comprehending.
  •unmindful (adjective)
  • unmindful,
  • un-mindful,
  • un mindful.
  •unperceptive (adjective)
  • un-perceptive,
  • un perceptive.
  •unthoughtful (adjective)
  • un-thoughtful,
  • un thoughtful.

• n.

  •
  • vacantly,
  • absent,
  • in a world of your own,
  • in a dream.
  •heedless (noun)
  • negligent of,
  • study at remiss.
  •unprotective (noun)
  • unprotective.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dreamily,
  • spaced-out,
  • faraway,
  • detachment,
  • mindless,
  • vaguely,
  • inattention,
  • distant,
  • abstracted,
  • negligence,
  • preoccupied,
  • absently.
  •
  • oblivion.
  •
  • neglect,
  • lax.

Paraphrases for Neglectful:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    negligent, careless, remiss.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    reckless.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    sloppy, lax.

Antonyms for Neglectful:

• adj.

  • blind
    quick, cunning, aware, understanding, sharp.
  • delinquent
    Behaving, responsible.
  • dilatory
    enthusiastic, hard-working, eager, zealous, diligent, ready.
  • forgetful
    remembering, recalling, retentive.
  • heedless
    heedful, concerned, cautious, thoughtful, observant.
  • inattentive
    Noticing, looking.
  • incautious
    discreet.
  • lax
    rigid, hard, tight, strict.
  • lazy
    energetic, active, lively, industrious.
  • neglectful
    caring, careful, attentive, successful, mindful.
  • Other antonyms:
    gingerly, thinking, regarding, alert, wary, regardful, painstaking, interested, watchful, provident, guarded, vigilant, circumspect, foresighted, meticulous, chary, punctilious, forethoughtful.

Neglectful Sentence Examples:

• It's well for the poor boy that his father isn't so neglectful of him!

• Mrs. Lovell was lying back with the neglectful grace of incontestable beauty; not a line to wrinkle her smooth soft features.