Antonyms for thoughtless
ˈθɔt lɪsthought·less

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1. thoughtless

   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, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, listless, negligent, oblivious, preoccupied

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1. thoughtlessadjective

   showing lack of careful thought

   "the debate turned into thoughtless bickering"

   Antonyms:
   bemused, lost(p), pondering, considerate, cogitative, brooding, deliberative, meditative, deep in thought(p), well thought out(p), reflective, broody, musing, pensive, contemplative, preoccupied, ruminative, excogitative, thoughtful

   Synonyms:
   uncaring, unthinking

2. thoughtless, uncaring, unthinkingadjective

   without care or thought for others

   "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake'"

   Antonyms:
   deliberative, broody, ruminative, pondering, considerate, musing, well thought out(p), lost(p), meditative, pensive, thoughtful, reflective, cogitative, bemused, preoccupied, contemplative, excogitative, brooding, deep in thought(p)

   Synonyms:
   unthinking, lumpen, unaffectionate, detached, lumpish, uncaring, unthoughtful, unreflective

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1. thoughtlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   inconsiderate, careless, unmindful, remiss, rash, inadvertent, indiscreet, heedless, unreasoning

How to use thoughtless in a sentence?

1. Marvin Lewis:

   I'm aware that my comment on local radio last night was offensive to people of short stature and to their families and friends, it was thoughtless on my part to use the word I did, and not excusable, and I greatly regret it.

2. William Wordsworth:

   For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.

3. Charles Cooley:

   One who shows signs of mental aberration is, inevitably, perhaps, but cruelly, shut off from familiar, thoughtless intercourse, partly excommunicated; his isolation is unwittingly proclaimed to him on every countenance by curiosity, indifference, aversion, or pity, and in so far as he is human enough to need free and equal communication and feel the lack of it, he suffers pain and loss of a kind and degree which others can only faintly imagine, and for the most part ignore.

4. Chief Superintendent Ian Wylie:

   We are still in the midst of a pandemic. It is the thoughtless attitude of people that will make this disease spike again.

5. Chuck Schumer:

   For the president of the United States to side with President Putin against American law enforcement, American defense officials, and American intelligence agencies is thoughtless, dangerous, and weak.

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