English adjective: attentive | |||
1. | attentive (often followed by `to') giving care or attention | ||
Samples | Attentive to details. The nurse was attentive to her patient. An attentive suitor. | ||
Similar | absorbed, advertent, captive, engrossed, enwrapped, heedful, intent, observant, oversolicitous, solicitous, wrapped | ||
See also | concerned | ||
Attribute | attention | ||
Antonyms | inattentive | ||
2. | attentive taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention | ||
Samples | Heedful of the warnings. So heedful a writer. Heedful of what they were doing. | ||
Synonyms | heedful, paying attention, thoughtful | ||
Attribute | attentiveness, heed, paying attention, regard | ||
Antonyms | heedless, unheeding | ||