Synonyms 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.

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

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

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1. thoughtlessadjective

   showing lack of careful thought

   "the debate turned into thoughtless bickering"

   Synonyms:
   uncaring, unthinking

   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

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'"

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

   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)

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1. inconsiderate

   careless, thoughtless, heedless; displaying lack of consideration.

   it's inconsiderate of her to go away without telling us.

   Submitted by JP03 on June 30, 2015  

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1. thoughtlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   heedless, regardless, careless, listless, neglectful, negligent, inattentive, inconsiderate, unmindful, unwatchful, inadvertent, giddy, flighty, reckless, headlong, hare-brained, giddy-brained, light-headed

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1. thoughtlessadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "thoughtless":

   ill-considered, pretentious, unconscious, unthinking, hare-brained, reckless, mindless, dizzy, dazed, indiscriminate

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How to use thoughtless in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Harvey Smith:

   It was probably a pretty thoughtless and negligent act that this happened and it never should have happened.

3. Johann Kepler:

   I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

4. Hannah More:

   Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.

5. Yong Ho:

   He is truly impudent enough to utter such thoughtless words which only leave us disappointed and skeptical as to whether we can solve any problem with such a guy.