Antonyms for absent-mindedab·sent-mind·ed

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1. absent-minded

   As regards mental action, absorbed, abstracted, and preoccupied refer to the cause, absent or absent-minded to the effect. The man absorbed in one thing will appear absent in others. A preoccupied person may seem listless and thoughtless, but the really listless and thoughtless have not mental energy to be preoccupied. The absent-minded man is oblivious of ordinary matters, because his thoughts are elsewhere. One who is preoccupied is intensely busy in thought; one may be absent-minded either through intense concentration or simply through inattention, with fitful and aimless wandering of thought. Compare ABSTRACT.

   Antonyms:
   alert, attentive, on hand, prompt, ready, thoughtful, wide-awake

   Synonyms:
   absent, absorbed, abstracted, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, listless, negligent, oblivious, preoccupied, thoughtless

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1. absent-mindedadjective

   Synonyms:
   preoccupied, distrait, inattentive, unmindful, abstracted

How to use absent-minded in a sentence?

1. Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi:

   Let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absent-minded. Someone sober will worry about events going badly. Let the lover be.

2. David Caruso:

   I love Will Danoff, he's like the absent-minded professor and he has encyclopedia knowledge of stocks, if he were to leave I would have to think very hard about leaving my assets there.

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