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Synonyms for thoughtless
ˈθɔt lɪsthought·less
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, preoccupiedAntonyms:
alert, attentive, on hand, prompt, ready, thoughtful, wide-awake
Princeton's WordNet
thoughtlessadjective
showing lack of careful thought
"the debate turned into thoughtless bickering"
Synonyms:
uncaring, unthinkingAntonyms:
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, thoughtfulthoughtless, 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, unreflectiveAntonyms:
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)
Editors Contribution
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
thoughtlessadjective
Synonyms:
heedless, regardless, careless, listless, neglectful, negligent, inattentive, inconsiderate, unmindful, unwatchful, inadvertent, giddy, flighty, reckless, headlong, hare-brained, giddy-brained, light-headed
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
thoughtlessadjective
Synonyms:
inconsiderate, careless, unmindful, remiss, rash, inadvertent, indiscreet, heedless, unreasoning
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "thoughtless":
ill-considered, pretentious, unconscious, unthinking, hare-brained, reckless, mindless, dizzy, dazed, indiscriminate
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#6793 | absent | |
#12087 | detached | |
#13521 | absorbed | |
#16926 | unconscious | |
#18688 | mindless | |
#21394 | dizzy | |
#21679 | reckless | |
#24087 | indifferent | |
#25698 | negligent | |
#33501 | oblivious | |
#38916 | pretentious | |
#39346 | dazed | |
#40280 | preoccupied | |
#41382 | abstracted | |
#47599 | indiscriminate | |
#63892 | thoughtless | |
#69724 | inattentive | |
#81711 | listless | |
#83686 | uncaring | |
#98935 | heedless | |
#99058 | unthinking | |
#154115 | lumpen | |
#258357 | unreflective |
How to use thoughtless in a sentence?
As I was focusing on my passion for the work, I was unable to control my thoughtless words and deeds, through which I caused injury and disappointment for a lot of people.
John Keats, Letter to James Rice, Feb 1820:
I muse with the greatest affection on every flower I have known from my infancy - their shapes and colours are as new to me as if I had just created them with a superhuman fancy - It is because they are connected with the most thoughtless and happiest moments of our lives.
We all know of the terrible, thoughtless, ignorant act that someone perpetrated in this city yesterday, we will, of course, at some point in time find the coward.
The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices -- to be found in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own -- for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.
I made a series of remarks that were meant only to be funny, but in the cold light of day, they are in fact thoughtless and insensitive.
Translations for thoughtless
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- bezmyšlenkovitý, lehkomyslný, neohleduplnýCzech
- desconsideradoSpanish
- comaScottish Gaelic
- lekkomyślnyPolish
- бездумный, легкомысленный, безрассудныйRussian
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