Antonyms for paying attention

Antonyms for (noun) paying attention

Main entry: attentiveness, regard, paying attention, heed

Definition: paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)

Usage: his attentiveness to her wishes; he spends without heed to the consequences

Antonyms: inattentiveness, heedlessness

Definition: a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)


Antonyms for (adj) paying attention

Main entry: heedful, attentive, paying attention, thoughtful

Definition: taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention

Usage: heedful of the warnings; so heedful a writer; heedful of what they were doing

Antonyms: heedless, unheeding

Definition: marked by or paying little heed or attention


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