NOUN | cognition | attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention | paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) |
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attribute | attentiveness | the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others | |
attribute | attentiveness | the trait of being observant and paying attention |
Sounds | ahteh'ntihvnahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people). | |
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Example | "his attentiveness to her wishes" | |
Synonyms | heed, regard, paying attention | |
Attributes | heedful, attentive, thoughtful, paying attention | taking heed |
heedless, unheeding | marked by or paying little heed or attention | |
Narrower | advertence, advertency | The process of being heedful |
Broader | attention, attending | The process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others |
Opposite | inattentiveness, heedlessness | A lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) |
Spanish | atención | |
Catalan | atenció | |
Adjectives | attentive | (often followed by 'to') giving care or attention |
Meaning | The trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others. | |
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Broader | consideration, considerateness, thoughtfulness | kind and considerate regard / regard for others |
Meaning | The trait of being observant and paying attention. | |
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Narrower | alertness, sharp-sightedness, on the qui vive | lively attentiveness |
carefulness | The quality of being careful and painstaking | |
caution, cautiousness, carefulness | The trait of being cautious | |
mindfulness, heedfulness | The trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities | |
unmindfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency | The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities | |
watchfulness, vigilance, weather eye | vigilant attentiveness | |
Broader | trait | A distinguishing feature of your personal nature |
Opposite | inattentiveness | The trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others |
Spanish | atención, cortesía | |
Catalan | atenció, cortesia | |
Adjectives | attentive | taking heed |
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