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heedful

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of heedful

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 lakeʼs edge

Synonyms of heedful

alert, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, conservative, considerate, gingerly, guarded, safe, wary

Words Related to heedful

advertent, attentive, awake, observant, regardful, vigilant, watchful

foresighted, foresightful, forethoughtful, provident, thoughtful

cagey (also cagy), calculating, canny, shrewd

deliberate, slow

ultracareful, ultracautious

Near Antonyms of heedful

bold, brash, impetuous, rash, reckless, venturesome

asleep, inattentive, regardless

inconsiderate, thoughtless

lax, neglectful, negligent, remiss

imprudent, indiscreet, injudicious

absentminded, forgetful

inadvertent, unintentional, unplanned

Antonyms of heedful

careless, heedless, incautious, unguarded, unmindful, unsafe, unwary

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