Careless

//ˈkɛəlɪs//

Synonyms for "careless" (310 found)

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Strong matches (93)

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Adjective(11 words)

devil-may-care easy-breezy easygoing happy-go-lucky heedless indifferent insouciant irregardless irrespective laid-back lash

Related words (155)

lax lazy left handed left-hand left-handed lenient listless loose loutish lubberly lumbering lumpen lumpish mad maladroit messy mindless mussy neglectful nonchalant

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oafish oblivious offhand offhanded overeager overenthusiastic overindulgent overpermissive overzealous permissive phlegmatic pococurante poky ponderous precipitant precipitate precipitous promiscuous ragged raggedy rash raunchy reasonless relaxed remiss respectless ruinous scraggly seedy shabby shoddy short-sighted slack slap-bang slapdash slatternly slipshod slovenly sluttish soft solecistic sordid squalid stiff stolid tacky tactless tattered thankless thoughtless turned off turned-off unanxious uncalculating uncaring unconcerned uncouth uncritical undiplomatic undiscriminating unfastidious unfit ungainly ungraceful ungrammatic unguarded unhandy unheedful unheeding uninquiring uninquisitive uninterested uninvolved unkempt unmarking unmindful unneat unnoticing unnoting unobservant unobserving unprepared unqualified unready unreasoning unreflecting unreflective unremarking unrestrained unsightly unsolicitous unstudied untactful unthinking unthorough unthoughtful untidy untroubled unwary unwieldy unworried wanton weak wild withdrawn wrecking wrong

Adjective(27 words)

leisurely light-headed lighthearted loose mellow nonchalant pococurante regardless relaxed remiss serene slapdash slipshod sloppy slovenly solute sozzly tranquil unanxious unbothered

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unconcerned undisturbed unfaithful unruffled untroubled unworried wanton

Adjective(1 words)

regardless

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

1 entries

deficient

Antonyms

2 entries

careful

Synonyms

4 entries

carefree negligent regardless sloppy

derived

4 entries

beastly careless carelessly carelessness overcareless

derived from

2 entries

care less

related to

8 entries

avoidance care imprudent inattentive incautious negligent superficial unconcerned

similar

26 entries

artless casual cursory haphazard heedless imprudent inattentive incautious negligent offhand offhanded passing

Showing 16 of 26 words.

Translations

150 translations across 62 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

sorgeloos adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Albanian

2 entries

i pakujdesshëm adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
i shkujdesur adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀμελής adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Arabic

1 entries

غَيْر مُبَالِي adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Armenian

2 entries

անուշադիր adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
անփույթ adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Aymara

1 entries

maysarnukuta adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

səhlənkar adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Bambara

1 entries

hamibali adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Belarusian

2 entries

неасцярожны adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
нядбайны adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Bengali

2 entries

অসাবধান adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
যত্নহীন adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Bulgarian

2 entries

безгри́жен adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
невнима́телен adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Burmese

1 entries

သတိလက်လွတ် adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Catalan

2 entries

imprudent adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
negligent adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Chichewa

1 entries

wosasamala adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

大意 adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
輕率 /轻率 adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Czech

4 entries

lehkomyslný adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
lhostejný adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
nedbalý adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
neopatrný adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Danish

4 entries

lemfældig adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
letsindig adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
skødesløs adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
uagtsom adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Dhivehi

1 entries

ފަރުވާކުޑަވުން adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Dutch

4 entries

achteloos adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
nalatig adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
onachtzaam adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
onbedachtzaam adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Esperanto

3 entries

malzorga adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
senatenta adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
senzorga adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Estonian

2 entries

hooletu adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
hoolimatuks adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Ewe

1 entries

ɖematsɔleme adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Finnish

2 entries

huoleton adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
huolimaton adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

French

3 entries

distrait adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
négligent adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
étourdi adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Galician

2 entries

descoidado adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
descoido adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Georgian

4 entries

გაუფრთხილებელი adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
დაუდევარი adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
დაუფიქრებელი adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
უგულისყურო adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

German

4 entries

fahrlässig adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
leichtfertig adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
leichtsinnig adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
nachlässig adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Greek

3 entries

αμελής adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
απερίσκεπτος adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
απρόσεκτος adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Gujarati

1 entries

બેદરકાર adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

en neglijan adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Hebrew

1 entries

רשלן adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Hindi

1 entries

असावधान adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Hungarian

4 entries

figyelmetlen adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
gondatlan adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
hanyag adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
könnyelmű adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Icelandic

2 entries

hirðulaus adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
kærulaus adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Indonesian

1 entries

ceroboh adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Irish

3 entries

anaireach adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
faillitheach adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
neamartach adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Italian

4 entries

inaccurato adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
negletto adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
negligente adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
spensierato adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Japanese

3 entries

不注意 adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
軽率 adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
迂闊 adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Khmer

1 entries

ធ្វេសប្រហែស adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Latin

2 entries

indīligēns adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
neglegēns adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Māori

4 entries

pakihaha adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
tupehau adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
tīrere adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
whakaarokore adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Northern Sotho

1 entries

sa hlokomelego adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

lemfeldig adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
lettsindig adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
skjødesløs adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
slurvete adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Old English

2 entries

carleas adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
ġīemelēas adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Piedmontese

1 entries

stordì adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

schloff adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
schlopmetzich adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Polish

1 entries

niedbały adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Portuguese

3 entries

desatencioso adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
descuidado adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
negligente adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Romanian

2 entries

neglijent adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
nepăsător adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Russian

3 entries

небре́жный adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
невнима́тельный adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
неради́вый adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

coma adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

nèbrižan adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
nȅmāran adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Slovak

3 entries

nedbanlivý adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
neopatrný adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
nepozorný adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Spanish

4 entries

dejado adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
desatentado adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
descuidado adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
desprolijo adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Swedish

4 entries

försumlig adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
oaktsam adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
slarvig adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
vårdslös adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Tagalog

1 entries

pabaya adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Telugu

1 entries

శ్రద్ధలేని adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Thai

3 entries

ซุ่มซ่าม adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
ประมาท adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
สะเพร่า adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Turkish

3 entries

ihmalci adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
ihmalkâr adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
umursamaz adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Ukrainian

2 entries

недба́лий adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
неува́жний adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Vietnamese

1 entries

bất cẩn adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Welsh

2 entries

anofalus adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
diofal adj (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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You were careless in your action.

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It was careless of you to lose the key.

Source: tatoeba (16169)

It was careless of you to leave your bag.

Source: tatoeba (21223)

It was careless of her to leave the door unlocked when she went out.

Source: tatoeba (21858)

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Careless

Synonyms for "careless" (310 found)

Closest matches (62)

Strong matches (93)

Related words (155)

Related word relations

More general

Antonyms

Synonyms

derived

derived from

related to

similar

Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Aymara

Azerbaijani

Bambara

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Chichewa

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dhivehi

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Ewe

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Haitian Creole

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Khmer

Latin

Māori

Northern Sotho

Norwegian Bokmål

Old English

Piedmontese

Plautdietsch

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Scottish Gaelic

Serbo-Croatian

Slovak

Spanish

Swedish

Tagalog

Telugu

Thai

Turkish

Ukrainian

Vietnamese

Welsh

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