absentminded

Synonyms

absent, abstracted, distracted, preoccupied;

Antonyms

alert;

Near Antonyms

alive, attentive, aware, conscious, engaged, heads-up, heedful, mindful, observant, observing, open-eyed, sharp, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake;

clearheaded;

Related Words

absorbed, daydreaming, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, intent, pensive, rapt;

heedless, inattentive, insensible, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unheeding, unknowing, unmindful, unperceptive, unthinking, unwary, unwitting, vacant;

befogged, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, birdbrained, clueless, confused, dazed, flighty, foggy, forgetful, forgetting, hazy, muddled, scatterbrained, unfocused (also unfocussed);