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attentiveness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of attentiveness

the state of being constantly attentive and responsive to signs of opportunity, activity, or danger

your attentiveness prevented a potentially bad accident

Synonyms of attentiveness

alert, alertness, qui vive, red alert, vigilance, watch, watchfulness

Words Related to attentiveness

aliveness, awareness, consciousness, mindfulness, receptiveness, receptivity, sensitivity

care, carefulness, cautiousness, chariness, heedfulness, wariness

preparation, readiness

Near Antonyms of attentiveness

absentmindedness, abstraction, daydreaming, daze, distraction

absorption, engrossment, obliviousness, preoccupation

unawareness, unconsciousness

carelessness, heedlessness, inattention, inattentiveness, inobservance

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