noun
1. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
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his attentiveness to her wishes
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he spends without heed to the consequences
• Syn: ↑heed, ↑regard, ↑paying attention
• Ant: ↑inattentiveness
• Hyponyms: ↑advertence, ↑advertency
• Attrubites: ↑heedless, ↑unheeding, ↑heedful, ↑attentive, ↑thoughtful, ↑paying attention
2. the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others
• Hypernyms: ↑consideration, ↑considerateness, ↑thoughtfulness
3. the trait of being observant and paying attention
• Ant: ↑inattentiveness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑attentive
• Hypernyms: ↑trait
• Hyponyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.