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attentive

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled attetitive

US /əˈtɛntɪv/
Freq #17074

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Listening or watching carefully and with interest.

    She is an attentive listener who never interrupts.

  2. 2
    adj

    Helpful and caring about someone's needs or comfort.

    He is an attentive husband who remembers every anniversary.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · listening or watching... heedful
More audientmindfulreckful
Opposites
inattentivereckless
Word family
Derived forms attentivelyattentivenessattentivityhyperattentivenonattentiveoverattentivepolyattentivepreattentiveunattentive
Related forms alertwarywatchful

Etymology

From Middle English attentif, attentijf, from Old French attentif.

attentif Middle English
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