Attentive

//əˈtɛntɪv//

Synonyms for "attentive" (158 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Adjective(2 words)
audientchary

Strong matches (47)

Adjective(1 words)
heedful

Related words (79)

Adjective(2 words)
paying attentionthoughtful

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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related to

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similar

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Translations

66 translations across 44 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • aandagtig adj (paying attention)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἐπιμελής adj (paying attention)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُنْتَبِه adj (paying attention)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • ува́жлівы adj (paying attention)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • внима́телен adj (paying attention)

Catalan

1 entries
  • atent adj (paying attention)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • وریا adj (paying attention)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 注意的 adj (paying attention)
  • 細心的 /细心的 adj (paying attention)

Czech

1 entries
  • pozorný adj (paying attention)

Danish

1 entries
  • opmærksom adj (paying attention)

Dutch

3 entries
  • aandachtig adj (paying attention)
  • attent adj (mindful)
  • oplettend adj (paying attention)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • atenta adj (paying attention)
  • atentema adj (mindful)

Finnish

3 entries
  • huomaavainen adj (mindful)
  • tarkkaavainen adj (paying attention)
  • valpas adj (paying attention)

French

1 entries
  • attentif adj (paying attention)

German

1 entries
  • aufmerksam adj (paying attention)

Greek

1 entries
  • προσεκτικός adj (paying attention)

Hindi

2 entries
  • चौकस adj (paying attention)
  • सचेत adj (paying attention)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • figyelmes adj (paying attention)

Ido

1 entries
  • detalema adj (paying attention)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • vilkas adj (paying attention)

Irish

1 entries
  • aireach adj (paying attention)

Italian

1 entries
  • attento adj (paying attention)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 注意深い adj (paying attention)

Korean

2 entries
  • 세심하다 adj (paying attention)
  • 조심의 adj (paying attention)

Latin

2 entries
  • attentus adj (paying attention)
  • intentus adj (paying attention)

Latvian

2 entries
  • rūpīgs adj (paying attention)
  • uzmanīgs adj (paying attention)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • внимателен adj (paying attention)

Māori

3 entries
  • puakaha adj (paying attention)
  • pīkari adj (paying attention)
  • rahirahi adj (paying attention)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • oppmerksom adj (paying attention)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • oppmerksam adj (paying attention)

Polish

2 entries
  • baczny adj (paying attention)
  • uważny adj (paying attention)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • atencioso adj (paying attention)
  • atento adj (paying attention)

Romanian

1 entries
  • atent adj (paying attention)

Russian

1 entries
  • внима́тельный adj (paying attention)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • प्रबुध् adj (paying attention)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cùramach adj (paying attention)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pàžljiv adj (paying attention)
  • па̀жљив adj (paying attention)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pozorný adj (paying attention)

Slovene

1 entries
  • pozoren adj (paying attention)

Spanish

2 entries
  • atento adj (paying attention)
  • solícito adj (paying attention)

Swedish

1 entries
  • uppmärksam adj (paying attention)

Thai

4 entries
  • ตั้งใจ adj (paying attention)
  • เอาใจใส่ adj (paying attention)
  • เอาใจใส่ adj (mindful)
  • ใจจดใจจ่อ adj (paying attention)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • ува́жливий adj (paying attention)
  • ува́жний adj (paying attention)

Welsh

2 entries
  • astud adj (paying attention)
  • sylwgar adj (paying attention)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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They were most attentive to his speech.

Source: tatoeba (32124)

The listeners stood in an attentive attitude.

Source: tatoeba (277936)

She is very attentive to her grandmother.

Source: tatoeba (310592)

He asks me to be attentive.

Source: tatoeba (697441)

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