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Antonyms for forgetful
fərˈgɛt fəlfor·get·ful
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term forgetful.
Princeton's WordNet
unretentive, forgetful, shortadjective
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
"a short memory"
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attentiveSynonyms:
little, oblivious, short(p), brusk, unmindful, unforesightful, poor, curt, unretentive, myopic, short, scant(p), inadequate, light, brusque, shortsighted, mindlessunmindful, forgetful, mindlessadjective
not mindful or attentive
"while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw
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attentiveSynonyms:
oblivious, unmindful, fatuous, vacuous, inane, mindless, reasonless, short, asinine, unretentive, oblivious(p), unmindful(p), senselessforgetful, obliviousadjective
failing to keep in mind
"forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"
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attentiveSynonyms:
unmindful, unretentive, mindless, short, oblivious, oblivious(p), unmindful(p)
How to use forgetful in a sentence?
Air marshals are exhausted, they are having memory loss, they are being forgetful. At some point, they are working long enough hours that they are legally intoxicated. ... They can't move. They can't respond fast to things. And the agency was not prepared for someone to document that as well as Harvard did in their study.
It was surprising when we looked at similarities between astronauts during spaceflight and cancer patients during treatment. Both have a decrease in muscle mass, and they have bone demineralization and changes in heart function, astronauts may get something called space fog, where they have trouble focusing or get a little forgetful. That's very similar to what some cancer patients experience, which is called chemo brain.
Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the best even of their blunders.
All these souls, after they have passed away a thousand years, are summoned by the divine ones in great array, to the lethean river. . .In this way they become forgetful of the former earthlife, and re-visit the vaulted realms of the world, willing to return again into living bodies.
April is the cruellest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory out of desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain.Winter kept us warm, coveringEarth in a forgetful snow, feedingA little life with dried tubers.
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