1
[ adjective ] (often followed by `to') giving care or attention

Examples

"attentive to details" "the nurse was attentive to her patient" "an attentive suitor"

Used in print

(E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)

One part of her audience was totally engaged , the connoisseur witnessing a peculiarly fine performance of some ancient classic , the other part , the guest of the connoisseur , attentive as one who must take an intelligent interest in_that which he does not fully understand .

Related terms

inattentive absorbed observant listening oversolicitous solicitous advertent concerned attention

2
[ adjective ] taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention

Synonyms

thoughtful heedful

Examples

"heedful of the warnings" "so heedful a writer" "heedful of what they were doing"

Related terms

heedless attentiveness

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Rhymes with

inattentive protective tentative detective preventive representative protective preventive incentive inventive disincentive vegetative contraceptive appointive redemptive affective assertive substantive retrospective introspective prospective irrespective qualitative facultative alternative selective meditative authoritative connective collective imitative rehabilitative deceptive unreceptive receptive oversensitive sensitive digestive hypersensitive distinctive directive administrative instinctive insensitive redemptive preemptive plaintive native adaptive effective elective argumentative preventative representative unrepresentative tentative elucidative ineffective directive defective stimulative manipulative legislative accumulative quantitative investigative prognosticative regulative accommodative innovative furtive perceptive receptive suggestive subjective objective congestive adoptive restive festive addictive respective nonnative combative productive attractive reproductive nonproductive unattractive unproductive respective perspective introspective infinitive imperative illustrative consecutive executive comparative commemorative decorative directive diminutive definitive corrective iterative alliterative directive abortive assaultive infective reflective invective supportive automotive photoconductive relative destructive obstructive reconstructive constructive negative locomotive sedative narrative instructive conductive restrictive superlative appreciative fugitive accusative fixative communicative expletive uncooperative palliative operative speculative deliberative cumulative counterproductive affirmative preservative neoconservative contemplative ultraconservative conservative consultative lucrative secretive interpretive inoperative initiative punitive creative probative cognitive refractive intuitive interactive figurative exploitative repetitive rep effective uncompetitive demonstrative nutritive noncompetitive competitive putative additive active motive octave eruptive descriptive pejorative captive unimaginative imaginative generative vituperative causative appreciative positive remunerative deliberative degenerative commemorative cooperative narrative recuperative collaborative talkative innovative collaborative formative prerogative

Phonetic and Homophones

AH0 T EH1 N T IH0 V

Similar Spelling

attentively attenuate attention attendant attenuated attentional attendance attender attendee attended attending attend_to attend attenuator attenuation

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