Synonyms of heedful

heedful

adjective

ˈhēd-fəl 

as in careful

having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble

heedful of snakes, we watched our footing while walking through the tall grass to the lake's edge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• careful
• cautious
• wary
• alert
• circumspect
• considerate
• chary
• guarded
• conservative
• watchful
• safe
• vigilant
• gingerly
• thoughtful
• attentive
• observant
• awake
• regardful
• foresighted
• provident
• advertent
• deliberate
• foresightful
• shrewd
• cagey
• slow
• calculating
• forethoughtful
• hypercautious
• canny
• ultracautious
• ultracareful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heedless
• careless
• unmindful
• unsafe
• reckless
• regardless
• unguarded
• impetuous
• bold
• rash
• unwary
• venturesome
• negligent
• inattentive
• thoughtless
• brash
• incautious
• asleep
• lax
• inconsiderate
• remiss
• neglectful
• imprudent
• indiscreet
• forgetful
• injudicious
• inadvertent
• unintentional
• unplanned
• absentminded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heedful

Her heedful eyes meet those of a young Black girl in overalls and braids on the other side of the room. — Hazlitt, 9 Aug. 2023

That’s partly because retailers have grown less heedful about developing the necessary pipelines, a problem that’s worsened in recent years as retailers saw profits crushed by a push into low-margin e-commerce. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023

As with recent demands to defund the police or abolish ICE amid our domestic upheavals, such calls should be heard not as literal policy prescriptions but as cries from the heart that demand heedful response. — Suzanne Nossel, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022

Zhi-shay’ was horrified by his brother’s treatment, but also heedful of the powerful pack rules in which such cruelty is embedded. — Pamela Miller, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020

McMillan initially promised to train fissile material handlers to be more heedful of plutonium-handling perils, for example, and to bring the inventory and safety documents guiding their work up to date. — R. Jeffrey Smith, Science | AAAS, 30 June 2017