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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attentive, observant |
| Synonyms: | advertent, arrect, aware, careful, considerate, deferential, duteous, dutiful, heedful, intentive, mindful, observative, observing, respectful, thoughtful, watchful |
| Antonyms: | disregarding, ignorant, inattentive, unobservant |
| Main Entry: | attentive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concentrating |
| Synonyms: | alert, all ears, awake, aware, conscientious, enrapt, enthralled, fascinated, glued, hanging on every word, heedful, hooked, immersed, intent, interested, listening, mindful, observant, on one's toes, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, on the qui vive, preoccupied, regardful, studious, vigilant, watchful |
| Antonyms: | disregarding, heedless, ignorant, inattentive, inconsiderate, neglectful, neglecting |
| Main Entry: | careful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious; painstaking |
| Synonyms: | accurate, alert, apprehensive, assiduous, attentive, chary, choosy, circumspect, concerned, conscientious, conservative, cool, deliberate, discreet, exacting, fastidious, finicky, fussy, going to great lengths, guarded, heedful, judicious, leery, meticulous, mindful, observant, particular, playing safe, precise, prim, protective, provident, prudent, punctilious, regardful, religious, rigorous, scrupulous, selfdisciplined, shy, sober, solicitous, solid, thorough, thoughtful, vigilant, wary |
| Antonyms: | careless, inattentive, incautious, thoughtless, uncareful, unconcerned, unscrupulous |
| Main Entry: | deferential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectful, considerate |
| Synonyms: | civil, complaisant, courteous, disarming, duteous, dutiful, ingratiating, ingratiatory, insinuating, insinuative, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, polite, regardful, reverential, saccharine, silken, silky, submissive |
| Notes: | deferential means showing courteous expression of regard or respect; difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; differential means relating to or showing a difference or the quality of the difference between similar things |
| Antonyms: | arrogant, disobedient, disrespectful, immodest, impolite, inconsiderate, noncompliant |
| Main Entry: | dutiful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obedient |
| Synonyms: | binding, compliant, conscientious, deferential, devoted, docile, duteous, faithful, incumbent on, obligatory, punctilious, regardful, respectful, reverential, submissive |
| Antonyms: | betraying, disobedient, faithless, irresponsible, undutiful, unfaithful, unrespectful |
| Main Entry: | mindful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attentive, aware |
| Synonyms: | alert, alive to, apprehensive, au courant, be up on, cagey, careful, cautious, chary, cognizant, conscientious, conscious, conversant, heedful, in the know, know all the answers, know ins and outs, knowing, knowledgeable, observant, observative, observing, on one's toes, on the ball, on the job, on to, plugged in, regardful, respectful, sensible, solicitous, thoughtful, tuned in, vigilant, wary, watchful, with eyes peeled |
| Antonyms: | absent-minded, careless, heedless, inattentive, unaware |
| Main Entry: | obedient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-behaved; submissive |
| Synonyms: | acquiescent, amenable, at one's beck and call, attentive, biddable, complaisant, compliant, controllable, deferential, devoted, docile, docious, duteous, dutiful, faithful, governable, honoring, in one's clutches, in one's pocket, in one's power, law-abiding, loyal, obeisant, obliging, observant, on a string, pliant, regardful, resigned, respectful, reverential, sheeplike, subservient, tame, tractable, under control, venerating, well-trained, willing, wrapped around finger, yielding |
| Antonyms: | contrary, disobedient, insolent, misbehaving, mutinous, obstinate, rebellious |
| Main Entry: | observant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alert, watchful |
| Synonyms: | advertent, alive, attentive, bright, clear-sighted, comprehending, considering, contemplating, correct, deducing, detecting, discerning, discovering, discriminating, eager, eagle-eyed, heedful, intelligent, intentive, interested, keen, mindful, not missing a trick, obedient, observative, on one's toes, on the ball, penetrating, perceptive, questioning, quick, regardful, searching, sensitive, sharp, sharp-eyed, surveying, understanding, vigilant, wide-awake |
| Antonyms: | careless, inattentive, indifferent, thoughtless, unaware, unmindful, unobservant, unwatchful |
| Main Entry: | respectful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | courteous, mannerly |
| Synonyms: | admiring, appreciative, civil, considerate, courtly, deferential, duteous, dutiful, gracious, humble, obedient, obeisant, polite, recognizing, regardful, regarding, reverent, reverential, self-effacing, solicitous, submissive, upholding, venerating, well-mannered |
| Antonyms: | discourteous, mean, unmannerly |
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