solicitous C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities Also spelled sollicitous US /səˈlɪsətəs/ UK /səˈlɪsɪtəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj showing attentive care or concern for someone's well-being The nurse was solicitous of her elderly patient's comfort. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · showing attentive care or... attentivecaringconcernedanxiousconsideratemindfuleagercareful ↔ Opposites indifferentunconcernednegligentheedless Word family Forms solicitously Derived forms solicitouslysolicitousness Related forms solicitudesolicit Etymology AI details From Latin sollicitus ('agitated, anxious, attentive') + -ous, from sollus ('whole') + citus (past participle of ciēre 'to move, stir'). sollicitus Latin ciēre Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # solicitous **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /səˈlɪsətəs/ **IPA (UK):** /səˈlɪsɪtəs/ ## Meanings 1. showing attentive care or concern for someone's well-being ## Examples - The nurse was solicitous of her elderly patient's comfort. ## Synonyms - attentive - caring - concerned - anxious - considerate - mindful - eager - careful ## Antonyms - indifferent - unconcerned - negligent - heedless ## Derived Forms - solicitously - solicitousness ## Related Forms - solicitude - solicit ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sollicitus - Root: ciēre ## Etymology From Latin sollicitus ('agitated, anxious, attentive') + -ous, from sollus ('whole') + citus (past participle of ciēre 'to move, stir'). ## AI Etymology Solicitous is from Latin sollicitus ('agitated, anxious, attentive') + -ous, from sollus ('whole') + citus (past participle of ciēre 'to move, stir'). Important recorded forms include sollicitus (Latin) and ciēre (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers showing attentive care or concern for someone's well-being. The wider family includes derived forms such as solicitously and solicitousness and related words such as solicitude and solicit. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown