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heed

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of heed

1 a state of being aware

  • took heed of the students' learning styles so as to prepare appropriate lessons
Synonyms of heed

advertence, advertency, attention, awareness, cognizance, consciousness, ear, eye, knowledge, mindfulness, note, notice, observance, observation
Words Related to heed

hyperawareness, hyperconsciousness

advisement, care, concern, consideration, regard, watch

apprehension, discernment, grasp, mind, perception, recognition, thought, understanding
Near Antonyms of heed

disregard, neglect, obliviousness, unawareness

2 strict attentiveness to what one is doing

  • pay heed to what youʼre doing with that knife while youʼre talking
Synonyms of heed

care, carefulness, closeness, conscientiousness, heedfulness, meticulosity, meticulousness, pains, scrupulousness
Words Related to heed

advertence, advertency, attention, concentration, focus, observance, observation

alertness, mindfulness, vigilance, watchfulness

dutifulness, irreproachability, irreproachableness, punctiliousness, responsibility

bother, effort, painstaking, trouble

exactness, particularity, precision
Near Antonyms of heed

inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inobservance
Antonyms of heed

heedlessness, inattentiveness, negligence

heed

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of heed

1 to take notice of and be guided by

  • if we had heeded the rangerʼs advice, we might not have gotten lost
Synonyms of heed

follow, listen (to), mind, note, observe, regard, watch
Words Related to heed

consider, contemplate, mull, ponder, weigh

comply (with), conform (to), keep, obey, respect

attend (to), hark (to), hear, hearken (to)

mark, notice, see
Near Antonyms of heed

brush (aside or off), discount, dismiss, gloss (over), gloze (over), neglect, pass over, pooh-pooh (also pooh), scorn, shrug off

defy, flout

slight, snub
Antonyms of heed

disregard, ignore, tune out

2 to pay attention especially through the act of hearing

  • that boy never heeds when I caution him about running with his shoelaces untied
Synonyms of heed

attend, hark, harken, hear, hearken, listen, mind
Phrases Synonymous with heed

prick up oneʼs ears
Near Antonyms of heed

discount, disregard
Antonyms of heed

ignore, tune out

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