mooning

ADJECTIVE

absent-minded

Synonyms

WEAK

absent absorbed abstracted airheaded bemused careless distracted distrait dreaming dreamy engrossed faraway forgetful goofing off head in the clouds heedless inattentive inconscient lost moony oblivious out to lunch pipe dreaming preoccupied remote removed scatterbrained space cadet spacey unaware of events unconscious unheeding unmindful unobservant unthinking withdrawn woolgathering

Antonyms

WEAK

alert attentive aware

ADJECTIVE

forgetful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

careless distracted inattentive sloppy

STRONG

unmindful

WEAK

absent absent-minded abstracted airheaded amnemonic amnesic asleep on the job bemused dreamy heedless lax like an absent-minded professor looking out window moony neglectful negligent nirvanic not on the job oblivious out of it out to lunch pipe dreaming preoccupied remiss slack unwitting woolgathering

Antonyms

STRONGEST

attentive

WEAK

mindful recalling remembering retentive

ADJECTIVE

mindless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

foolish gratuitous senseless silly thoughtless

STRONG

forgetful unmindful

WEAK

asinine brutish careless daydreaming heedless idiotic imbecilic inattentive moony moronic neglectful negligent nitwitted obtuse out out of it rash simple spaced-out unaware unintelligent unthinking witless

Antonyms

STRONGEST

reasonable sensible serious thoughtful wise

STRONG

attentive mindful

WEAK

intelligent thinking

ADJECTIVE

preoccupied

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absorbed bemused distracted engaged engrossed fascinated forgetful obsessed

STRONG

absent abstracted bugged daydreaming immersed lost removed spellbound woolgathering

WEAK

absent-minded airheaded asleep deep distrait faraway have on the brain heedless hung up inconscient intent lost in thought moony oblivious rapt spread-out taken up unaware wrapped-up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bored disenthralled disinterested indifferent uninterested

STRONG

existing

WEAK

observant thoughtful unoccupied

ADJECTIVE

unaware

Synonyms

STRONGEST

heedless negligent oblivious unconcerned unfamiliar uninformed

STRONG

incognizant

WEAK

blind careless caught napping daydreaming deaf deaf to doped forgetful in a daze inattentive inconversant insensible nescient not all there not cognizant out cold out of it out to lunch spacey unacquainted unconscious unenlightened uninstructed unknowing unmindful unsuspecting unwitting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

attentive careful caring concerned mindful

WEAK

aware cognizant informed knowing suspicious

Example Sentences

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Bogotá’s unorthodox mayor, Antanas Mockus—who rose to fame after mooning student protesters and deployed mimes to control traffic—viewed the activity as a gambit “to achieve self-regulation in the behavior among citizens.”

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2024

Bad-boy drummer Tommy Lee, known for mooning the audience and for his marriage to Heather Locklear, is a key part of the band’s hardcore image.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2022

Footage captured the moment a terminally ill man was arrested by police officers after "mooning" at speed camera van.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2021

And so we have Peter Walsh, still mooning over the Clarissa he lost, decades earlier.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2020

Rosaleen said it was T. Ray’s way of mooning the entire world.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

mooning

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