Antonyms for heedless
ˈhid lɪsheed·less

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1. heedless

   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, absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, inattentive, indifferent, listless, negligent, oblivious, preoccupied, thoughtless

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1. heedless, unheedingadjective

   marked by or paying little heed or attention

   "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying"

   Antonyms:
   thoughtful, paying attention, careful, attentive, heedful

   Synonyms:
   unheeding, reckless

2. heedless, recklessadjective

   characterized by careless unconcern

   "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds"

   Antonyms:
   heedful, paying attention, attentive, careful, thoughtful

   Synonyms:
   heady, foolhardy, unheeding, reckless, rash

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