Synonyms for oblivious
əˈblɪv i əsobliv·i·ous

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1. oblivious

   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.

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.7 / 11 votes

1. oblivious(p), unmindful(p)adjective

   (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of

   "oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform"; "oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy responsibility"

   Antonyms:
   aware(p), cognizant, attentive, cognisant

2. forgetful, obliviousadjective

   failing to keep in mind

   "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"

   Synonyms:
   unmindful, unretentive, mindless, short, oblivious(p), unmindful(p), forgetful

   Antonyms:
   cognisant, attentive, aware(p), cognizant

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1. obliviousadjective

   Synonyms:
   forgetful, mindless, heedless, careless, negligent, neglectful

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1. obliviousadjective

   Synonyms:
   unmindful, unconscious, forgetful, heedless, disregardful

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1. List of paraphrases for "oblivious":

   unconscious, insensitive, indifferent

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1. Scott C. Holstad:

   angry, violent, bizarre, we’re obscene in our lust, oblivious in our pain. i’m a man driven by my passions. sometimes I desire normalcy but then my brain wakes up and i return to reality.

2. Craig Holman:

   Clearly they're not disclosing everything, money was being spent to influence State Department public policy and we are oblivious to that.

3. Anthony Fauci:

   You know, people think sometimes that public health officials are oblivious to the economic considerations. Not at all -- I mean, we are very empathetic towards that, but we still have to maintain the public health measures if we're going to get our arms around this outbreak.

4. Kevin McCarthy:

   The CDC has become a political arm of the administration. The CDC wants to control every element of our life, we have a President in the White House and Democrats in Congress that are completely oblivious to the frustration the American people are feeling at this moment.

5. Keith Byers:

   Anyone who resorts to installing illegal tracking devices on the vehicles of their adversaries is either highly motivated, desperate, unstable, or completely oblivious to the consequences.