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Meaning of HEEDFUL

Pronunciation:  'heedful

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  giving attention
  2. [adj]  taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing"
  3. [adj]  cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice"
 
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 Synonyms: advertent, attentive, aware, careful, mindful, thoughtful
 
 Antonyms: heedless, thoughtless, unheeding
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Heed"ful\, a.
Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect;
attentive; vigilant. --Shak. -- {Heed"ful*ly}, adv. --
{Heed"ful*ness}, n.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: accommodating, accommodative, advertent, agog, agreeable, alert, all ears, all eyes, assiduous, attentive, aware, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, complaisant, concentrated, conscientious, conscionable, conscious, considerate, curious, deliberate, delicate, diligent, discreet, earnest, exact, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, gingerly, guarded, helpful, hesitant, indulgent, intense, intent, intentive, judicious, leaving out nothing, lenient, loving, meticulous, mindful, mindful of others, nice, niggling, noncommittal, obliging, observant, observing, on guard, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, overlooking no possibility, painstaking, pawky, politic, prudent, punctilious, punctual, regardful, safe, scrupulous, slow to act, solicitous, tactful, tender, tentative, thorough, thoughtful, tolerant, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unprecipitate, watchful
 

 

 

 

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