English adjective: paying attention | |||
1. | paying attention taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention | ||
Samples | Heedful of the warnings. So heedful a writer. Heedful of what they were doing. | ||
Synonyms | attentive, heedful, thoughtful | ||
Attribute | attentiveness, heed, paying attention, regard | ||
Antonyms | heedless, unheeding | ||
English noun: paying attention | |||
1. | paying attention (cognition) paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) | ||
Samples | His attentiveness to her wishes. He spends without heed to the consequences. | ||
Synonyms | attentiveness, heed, regard | ||
Broader (hypernym) | attending, attention | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | advertence, advertency | ||
Attribute | attentive, heedful, heedless, paying attention, thoughtful, unheeding | ||
Antonyms | heedlessness, inattentiveness | ||