PAY ATTENTION Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

attention

noun

ə-ˈten(t)-shən

Definition of attention

as in immersion

a focusing of the mind on something I need your full attention right now

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Relevance

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as in awareness

a state of being aware several mothers brought to the committee's attention the deplorable condition of the playground

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as in gesture

an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners she enjoyed her suitor's old-school attentions

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Recent Examples of attention The frozen sandwiches were sold at schools across the Midwest before eventually attracting the attention of Smucker in 1999, which bought the brand. — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 Mayor Daniel Lurie is paying close attention to what's being said this week. — Brad Hamilton, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 The British actor first caught Hollywood’s attention as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire before becoming a global phenomenon as Edward Cullen in Twilight. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026 Major label attention indeed followed, eventually leading Cave In to sign with RCA in 2001, with Hydra Head retaining certain vinyl and other release rights. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for attention

Recent Examples of Synonyms for attention

Noun

The classroom houses Watson's dual language immersion program, one of two in the Little Rock School District, where students receive much of their instruction in Spanish and learn to speak, read and write in both Spanish and English.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Kanarek and her family seemed to be running an experiment in whether immersion in dressage can deliver a person from disarray.

— Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of immersion

Noun

Landry, like Mulkey and Jenkins, gives an all-time great performance, eschewing cliché with every line reading and gesture.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
As political fix-it man, Fox burns some comic octane, his sense of timing and talent for the right gesture put to good use here.

— Miles Beller, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of gesture

Noun

These elements hide in low concentrations inside lithium ores and salt-lake brines.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Smaller businesses may trade at lower multiples because of owner dependence, customer concentration or limited management depth.

— Robert Gauvreau, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of concentration

Noun

The mindfulness content will include meditation exercises, but also content from doctors, therapists and psychologists, not to mention former ABC News correspondent Dan Harris, who left ABC five years ago to focus on his meditation company.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
On Malta, the adults-only Verdala Wellness Hotel, Corinthia Palace, Phoenicia, and ME Malta offer pools, spacious spas, focused workouts, and mindfulness activities designed to restore and rejuvenate the mind, body, and spirit.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of mindfulness

Noun

To his eyes, the 11th century record of the Norman conquest offers an extreme example of the value of studying history’s patterns to anticipate future developments.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
While the rest of MomTok goes through it (except for Whitney, who is having the time of her life), they are only ever given half of our attention because Taylor and her eye-wateringly poor decision-making are impossible to sideline.

— Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of eye

Noun

The notice further alleges that the university did not take steps that could have prevented Kirk's death, such as monitoring the event in real time.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Charlie Kirk's family blamed Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist's assassination at a state university, in a wrongful death notice announced Wednesday that presages a possible lawsuit.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of notice

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