You are apt to be forgetful.
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Forgetful
//fərˈɡɛtfəl//
Synonyms for "forgetful" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 41 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- λήθᾱργος adj (liable to forget)
- ἐπιλήσμων adj (liable to forget)
Arabic
2 entries- نَسَّاء adj (liable to forget)
- نَسِيّ adj (liable to forget)
Bulgarian
2 entries- забравящ adj (liable to forget)
- разсеян adj (liable to forget)
Catalan
2 entries- oblidadís adj (liable to forget)
- oblidós adj (liable to forget)
Cebuano
1 entries- bungaw adj (liable to forget)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 丟三落四 /丢三落四 adj (liable to forget)
- 健忘 adj (liable to forget)
Czech
1 entries- zapomnětlivý adj (liable to forget)
Danish
1 entries- glemsom adj (liable to forget)
Dutch
1 entries- vergeetachtig adj (liable to forget)
Finnish
1 entries- huonomuistinen adj (liable to forget)
French
1 entries- oublieux adj (liable to forget)
Georgian
1 entries- გულმავიწყი adj (liable to forget)
German
1 entries- vergesslich adj (liable to forget)
Hindi
1 entries- भुलक्कड adj (liable to forget)
Hungarian
1 entries- feledékeny adj (liable to forget)
Indonesian
2 entries- pelupa adj (liable to forget)
- pikun adj (liable to forget)
Irish
1 entries- dearmadach adj (liable to forget)
Italian
1 entries- smemorato adj (liable to forget)
Japanese
1 entries- 忘れっぽい adj (liable to forget)
Kazakh
1 entries- ұмытқан adj (liable to forget)
Latin
2 entries- immemor adj (liable to forget)
- oblīviōsus adj (liable to forget)
Latvian
2 entries- aizmirsīgs adj (liable to forget)
- aizmāršīgs adj (liable to forget)
Māori
2 entries- māhungawai adj (liable to forget)
- wareware adj (liable to forget)
Norman
1 entries- oublieux adj (liable to forget)
Norwegian
1 entries- glemsom adj (liable to forget)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- gløymsam adj (liable to forget)
- gløymsk adj (liable to forget)
Occitan
1 entries- oblidós adj (liable to forget)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اونوتغان adj (liable to forget)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- забудлїви adj (liable to forget)
Polish
1 entries- zapominalski adj (liable to forget)
Portuguese
3 entries- esquecediço adj (liable to forget)
- esquecidiço adj (liable to forget)
- esquecido adj (liable to forget)
Romanian
1 entries- uituc adj (liable to forget)
Romansch
1 entries- emblidus adj (liable to forget)
Russian
1 entries- забы́вчивый adj (liable to forget)
Spanish
3 entries- desmemoriado adj (liable to forget)
- olvidadero (disused) adj (liable to forget)
- olvidadizo adj (liable to forget)
Swedish
1 entries- glömsk adj (liable to forget)
Turkish
1 entries- unutkan adj (liable to forget)
Ukrainian
1 entries- забу́дькуватий adj (liable to forget)
Urdu
1 entries- بُھلَکَّڑ adj (liable to forget)
Uzbek
1 entries- unutqan adj (liable to forget)
Welsh
1 entries- anghofus adj (liable to forget)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He's very forgetful of things.
Source: tatoeba (37755)
Even the most self-centered people are usually forgetful of this fault.
Source: tatoeba (243692)
I'm getting forgetful these days, but what can you do?
Source: tatoeba (243897)
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