heedful C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈhidfəl/ UK /ˈhiːdfʊl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj paying careful attention; mindful Heedful of the warning, the sailors turned the boat back to port. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · paying careful attention;... attentivemindfulcarefulwatchfulobservantvigilant ↔ Opposites heedlesscarelessinattentivenegligentoblivious Word family Derived forms heedfullyheedfulness Related forms heedheedless Etymology AI details From heed plus the suffix -ful; heed comes from Old English hēdan ('to take care, attend to'), from Proto-Germanic *hōdijaną. hēdan Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # heedful **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈhidfəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈhiːdfʊl/ ## Meanings 1. paying careful attention; mindful ## Examples - Heedful of the warning, the sailors turned the boat back to port. ## Synonyms - attentive - mindful - careful - watchful - observant - vigilant ## Antonyms - heedless - careless - inattentive - negligent - oblivious ## Derived Forms - heedfully - heedfulness ## Related Forms - heed - heedless ## Roots and Affixes - Root: hēdan ## Etymology From heed plus the suffix -ful; heed comes from Old English hēdan ('to take care, attend to'), from Proto-Germanic *hōdijaną. ## AI Etymology Heedful is from heed plus the suffix -ful; heed comes from Old English hēdan ('to take care, attend to'), from Proto-Germanic *hōdijaną. Important recorded forms include hēdan (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers paying careful attention; mindful. The wider family includes derived forms such as heedfully and heedfulness and related words such as heed and heedless. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown