paying attention
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
his attentiveness to her wishes
Types & categories
- attention hypernym
- advertence hyponym
Related & opposite
- inattentiveness antonym
- heedless attribute
- paying attention attribute
- heed derivation
- attentive derivation
Sense 2 adjective
taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention
heedful of the warnings
Related & opposite
- heedless antonym
- attentiveness attribute
- thoughtfulness derivation
- attentiveness derivation
- mindfulness derivation
- advert derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | inattentiveness |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | heedless |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | paying attention |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | heed |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | attentive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | attention |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | advertence |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | heedless |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | attentiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thoughtfulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attentiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mindfulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | advert |