amnesiac

adjective

variants or amnesic
as in senile

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Recent Examples of amnesiac After a major amnesic event, Logan (Liam McIntyre) joins his former mutant black ops group, Team X, which includes Nathaniel Essex, Mystique, and Sabretooth, to stop billionaire industrialist (and major mutant hater) Bolivar Trask. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 July 2026 Domoic acid is a neurotoxin produced by certain algae that can accumulate in shellfish and cause amnesic shellfish poisoning in humans. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amnesiac
  1. senile
  2. dazed
  3. bewildered
  4. oblivious
  5. preoccupied
  6. lost
  7. forgetful
  8. unmindful
Adjective
  • Not long ago, a senile American president’s plan to lead democracies in a battle with autocracies was being applauded by post-1989 Atlanticists such as Anne Applebaum and Adam Michnik.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • They are being given directions by a senile old man who is losing his mind.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of senile
Adjective
  • But the man simply stood there with a dazed expression on his face, swaying gently in the living room of their small, cramped flat, like a lone tree in the breeze.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Laiken Randolph appeared dazed, and possibly on drugs, officers remarked.
    — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of dazed
Adjective
  • The Heat awoke Tuesday as the NBA’s only 0-4 team and thoroughly bewildered about how a group that fashioned itself a contender could continue to perform so poorly.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Darren Foote, a fellow veteran who helped organize the festivities, told the BBC that Filer was somewhat bewildered by all the attention.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of bewildered
Adjective
  • Here’s the feckless poor, here’s the striving poor, here’s the oblivious cheerful poor, here’s the drug addict, here’s the drunk.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Confident in the safety of their compound, Andrew and the soldiers were oblivious to the boy’s bad intentions.
    — Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of oblivious
Adjective
  • But for kids, restricting certain foods may lead them to become preoccupied with those foods.
    — Bryn Beeder, The Conversation, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Just ask anyone who published on Tuesday, 9/11, or in the early months of COVID-19, only to see the product of their heart and labor disappear into a preoccupied world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of preoccupied
Adjective
  • General assertions of lost profits, out-of-pocket expenses and reputational harm did not satisfy the requirement to plead special damages, Gayles wrote.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Poor Savu, who started the puzzle first, looked more lost than Devin searching for Jenna’s wedding shot list.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of lost
Adjective
  • Reagan was forgetful but not necessarily cognitively impaired, Darman said.
    — Bob Woodward, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • However, his wife knew that her husband was a very forgetful man.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of forgetful
Adjective
  • Kendall took off his shirt, unmindful of the scar slashing down his torso.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • To do this, Moments of Space is centered around Tibetan Dzogchen techniques, which emphasises mindfulness over the unconsciousness practice (unmindful thinking and feeling) many other apps focus on.
    — Georgia Day, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
Definition of unmindful

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“Amnesiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amnesiac. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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