Inattention

Synonyms for inattention
noun heedlessness

carelessness
negligence

inadvertence
abstraction

remissness
disregard

neglect
dreaminess

Antonyms for inattention

regard

respect

attention

Concept Thesaurus for word inattention
Synonyms – noun

inattention
inadvertence
supineness (inactivity)
insouciance (indifference)
preoccupation
deep musing

inconsideration
inadvertency
étourderie
abstraction
distraction
fit of abstraction.

inconsiderateness
nonobservance
want of thought
absence of mind
reverie

oversight
disregard.
heedlessnes (neglect)
absorption of mind
brown study

Synonyms – verbs

be inattentive
think little of.
dismiss from one’s thoughts
discard from one’s mind
set aside
turn one’s attention from
dream
come in at one ear and go out at the other
call away the attention
disconcert
perplex
muddle

overlook
close one’s eyes to
discard from one’s thoughts
discharge from one’s mind
turn aside
turn a deaf ear to
indulge in reverie.
forget (have no remembrance)
divert the attention
discompose
bewilder
dazzle

disregard
shut one’s eyes to
discharge from one’s thoughts
drop the subject
put aside
turn one’s back upon.
escape notice
call off the attention
distract the mind
put out
moider
throw a sop to Cerberus.

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pay no attention to
dismiss from one’s mind
think no more of
turn away from
abstract oneself
escape attention
draw off the attention
put out of one’s head
confuse
fluster

Synonyms – adjectives

inattentive
undiscerning
deaf
percursory
unreflecting
thoughtless
giddy
rantipole
abstracted
lost in thought
bemused
in a reverie
caught napping.

unobservant
inadvertent
bird-witted
giddy-brained
“cervel”
dizzy
giddy as a goose
highflying
distrait
wrapped in thought
dreaming on other things
off one’s guard (inexpectant) [more]
disconcerted

unmindful
mindless, regardless, respectless, listless (indifferent)
hand over head
scatter-brained
inconsiderate
muzzy
wild
heedless, careless (neglectful)
absentminded
rapt
musing on other things
napping
put out.

unheeding
blind
cursory
hare-brained
offhand
brainsick
harum-scarum
absent
lost
in the clouds
preoccupied, engrossed (attentive)
dreamy

Synonyms – phrases
the attention wanders; one’s wits gone a woolgathering, one’s wits gone a bird’s nesting; it never entered into one’s head; the mind running on other things; one’s thoughts being elsewhere; had it been a bear it would have bitten you. [more]
Antonyms

attention

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