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Synonyms for thoughtful
ˈθɔt fəlthought·ful

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Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 3 votes

  1. thoughtfuladjective

    having intellectual depth

    "a deeply thoughtful essay"

    Synonyms:
    paying attention, heedful, serious-minded, attentive

    Antonyms:
    unconsidered, superficial, thoughtless, unthoughtful, inconsiderate, frivolous, unreflective, unthinking

  2. thoughtfuladjective

    exhibiting or characterized by careful thought

    "a thoughtful paper"

    Synonyms:
    paying attention, heedful, serious-minded, attentive

    Antonyms:
    unthoughtful, superficial, unreflective, inconsiderate, unconsidered, frivolous, unthinking, thoughtless

  3. thoughtful, serious-mindedadjective

    acting with or showing thought and good sense

    "a sensible young man"

    Synonyms:
    paying attention, heedful, serious-minded, attentive

    Antonyms:
    frivolous, superficial, unthoughtful, inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking, unreflective, unconsidered

  4. heedful, attentive, thoughtful, paying attentionadjective

    taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention

    "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing"

    Synonyms:
    paying attention, heedful, advertent, serious-minded, attentive, careful

    Antonyms:
    unconsidered, frivolous, thoughtless, unthinking, unreflective, unthoughtful, superficial, inconsiderate

  5. thoughtfuladjective

    considerate of the feelings or well-being of others

    Synonyms:
    paying attention, heedful, serious-minded, attentive

    Antonyms:
    frivolous, unthinking, inconsiderate, unreflective, unthoughtful, thoughtless, unconsidered, superficial

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. thoughtfuladjective

    Synonyms:
    contemplative, reflective, pensive, speculative, deliberative, studious, sedate

  2. thoughtfuladjective

    Synonyms:
    careful, heedful, regardful, mindful, attentive, considerate, circumspect, wary, discreet, prudent

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. thoughtfuladjective

    Synonyms:
    contemplative, meditative, reflective, cogitative, wistful, pensive, preoccupied, abstracted, considerate, heedful, circumspect, wary

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How to use thoughtful in a sentence?

  1. Debbie Haskins:

    As a grass roots organization we are committed to keeping our youth, our roadways, and public safe. Whenever a state looks at changing its culture by legalizing a drug, we need to think about the societal costs. VT will hopefully have a spirited discussion in 2015 that we hope will bring science, research and thoughtful discourse to a complicated topic, we hope that VT’ers care enough to have this discussion based on science, rather than emotion or for money.

  2. John Douglas:

    One of the take-aways from this is that the plague is still around and people need to be thoughtful about the diagnosis process, we caught this because someone asked a thoughtful scientific question.

  3. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush:

    As a result of these conversations and thoughtful consideration of the kind of strong leadership I think America needs, I have decided to actively explore the possibility of running for President of the United States.

  4. John Lancaster Spalding:

    The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.

  5. John Sylvia:

    We were disappointed that with two members dissenting, the commission disregarded Chief Judge Murray's thoughtful analysis and ignored the great weight of the evidence in reversing on a single issue.


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