heedful

C2+ Topic:Mind & Cognition

US /ˈhidfəl/ UK /ˈhiːdfʊl/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
paying careful attention; mindful

Heedful of the warning, the sailors turned the boat back to port.

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Synonyms

1 adj · paying careful attention;... attentive mindful careful watchful observant vigilant

Opposites

heedless careless inattentive negligent oblivious

Word family

Derived forms heedfullyheedfulness

Related forms heed heedless

Etymology

From heed plus the suffix -ful; heed comes from Old English hēdan ('to take care, attend to'), from Proto-Germanic *hōdijaną.

hēdan Old English

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# 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
- Mind & Cognition
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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