thoughtful B2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈθɔtfəl/ UK /ˈθɔːtfəl/ See IPA manual Freq #6840 Meanings 1 adj Showing kindness and care for what other people need or feel. It was very thoughtful of you to bring her some flowers. 2 adj Thinking carefully and seriously about something. She gave a thoughtful answer to the difficult question. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · showing kindness and care... attentivecaringconsiderate 2 adj · thinking carefully and... carefulcontemplativepensive More cogitativeintrospectiveobservativethoughty ↔ Opposites thoughtless Word family Derived forms thoughtfullythoughtfulness Related forms sensitivesolemn Common collocations thoughtful essay Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English thoȝtful, thohtful, equivalent to thought + -ful. Compare Dutch gedachtenvol, Swedish tankfull. thoȝtful Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # thoughtful **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈθɔtfəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈθɔːtfəl/ **Frequency rank:** 6840 ## Meanings 1. Showing kindness and care for what other people need or feel. 2. Thinking carefully and seriously about something. ## Examples - It was very thoughtful of you to bring her some flowers. - She gave a thoughtful answer to the difficult question. ## Synonyms - attentive - careful - caring - cogitative - considerate - contemplative - introspective - observative - pensive - thoughty ## Antonyms - thoughtless ## Derived Forms - thoughtfully - thoughtfulness ## Related Forms - sensitive - solemn ## Roots and Affixes - Root: thoȝtful ## Etymology From Middle English thoȝtful, thohtful, equivalent to thought + -ful. Compare Dutch gedachtenvol, Swedish tankfull. ## AI Etymology Thoughtful is from Middle English thoȝtful, thohtful, equivalent to thought + -ful. Compare Dutch gedachtenvol, Swedish tankfull. The historical line also includes Middle English thoȝtful. In present-day use, it can mean showing kindness and care for what other people need or feel, or thinking carefully and seriously about something. Derived formations include thoughtfully, thoughtfulness. ## Topics - People & Society markdown