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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preoccupied |
| Synonyms: | absent-minded, daydreaming, inattentive, lost in thought, out in space, out to lunch, remote, withdrawn |
| Main Entry: | thoughtful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contemplative, introspective |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, analytical, attentive, brainy, calculating, cerebral, cogitative, deep, deliberative, discerning, earnest, engrossed, farsighted, grave, intellectual, intent, keen, levelheaded, logical, lost in thought, meditative, melancholy, museful, musing, pensive, philosophic, pondering, preoccupied, rapt, rational, reasonable, reasoning, reflecting, reflective, retrospective, ruminative, serious, sober, studious, subjective, thinking, wise, wistful |
| Antonyms: | idiotic, negligent, obtuse, remiss, stupid, thoughtless |
| Main Entry: | distrait |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absent-minded |
| Synonyms: | a million miles away, abstracted, distracted, dreamy, inattentive, lost in thought, preoccupied |
| Notes: | distrait means 'absent-minded as a result of apprehension, worry, etc.' while distraught means 'agitated' and 'bewildered, distracted' |
| Main Entry: | ruminative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtful |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, analytical, attentive, brainy, calculating, cerebral, cogitative, contemplative, deep, deliberative, discerning, earnest, engrossed, excogitative, farsighted, grave, in a brown study, intellectual, intent, keen, levelheaded, logical, lost in thought, meditative, melancholy, museful, musing, pensive, philosophic, pondering, preoccupied, rapt, rational, reasonable, reasoning, reflecting, reflective, retrospective, serious, sober, speculative, studious, subjective, thinking, wise*, wistful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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