paying-attention

(a) taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention
- heedful of the warnings
- so heedful a writer
- heedful of what they were doing
heedful, attentive, thoughtful,

Nouns

(n) paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
- his attentiveness to her wishes
- he spends without heed to the consequences
attentiveness, heed, regard,

Synonyms

heedful attentive thoughtful attentiveness heed regard

Antonyms

heedless unheeding heedlessness inattentiveness

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