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

In fact, the charismatic cast all shine, as does Kwame Markin’s camerawork, nicely attuned to the differing emotional registers demanded by location and mood. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026

The fragmentation of dementia sometimes makes David’s consciousness more sharply attuned to things, while entire other swaths of life fall away. — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026

Fleming’s alarm reflects a broader shift across his industry, where advisors are unusually attuned to fiscal risk given their role stewarding multigenerational family wealth. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

Identifying Trends And Disruptors Leaders who stay attuned to industry trends are better positioned to build resilient organizations that sustain trust and lead through uncertainty. — Dr. William Morice, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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