attuned

adjective

at·​tuned ə-ˈtünd 

-ˈtyünd

: aware of and attentive or responsive to something

—used with to

… designed to produce a … police department that is more attuned to the needs of individual communities …

—Clifford Krauss

… what's especially crucial is the mother's or caregiver's "sensitivity"—how attuned she is to her child's experience of the world.

—Pamela Druckerman

… disenchanted with a government that seems more attuned to the interests of big business and rural folk than to those of urban dwellers.

—Edwin O. Reischauer

Examples of attuned in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For the heir to the throne and his wife, Kate Middleton, though, change doesn’t mean upheaval but rather modernization — a monarchy more emotionally attuned and grounded in everyday life. —Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025

Trump has historically been highly attuned to the stock market as a barometer of his job. —Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025

Butterflies attuned to rainfall falter in drought. —Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025

While a long-term, diversified approach is typically recommended for everyday investors, the professionals are also attuned to the market’s cycles. —Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1760, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for attuned

• importuned
• ballooned
• communed
• festooned
• impugned
• lampooned
• marooned
• crooned
• freund
• pruned
• spooned
• swooned