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heedful
adjective
1 heedful
Taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention:
— Heedful of the warnings.
— So heedful a writer.
— Heedful of what they were doing.
synonyms: attentive, paying attention, thoughtful.
Roget 459:
careful regardful,
heedful;
taking care
etc.
v.;
particular;
prudent
etc.
(cautious)
864;
considerate;
thoughtful
etc.
(deliberative)
451;
provident
etc.
(prepared)
673;
alert
etc.
(active)
682;
sure-footed.
guarded,
on one's guard;
on the qui vivre [Fr.],
on the alert,
on watch,
on the lookout;
awake,
broad awake,
vigilant;
watchful,
wakeful,
wistful;
Argus-eyed;
wide awake
etc.
(intelligent)
498;
on the watch for
(expectant)
507.
tidy
etc.
(orderly)
58,
(clean)
652;
accurate
etc.
(exact)
494;
scrupulous
etc.
(conscientious)
939;
cavendo tutus [Lat.]
etc.
(safe)
664.
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2 heedful
Cautiously attentive:
— Heedful of his father's advice.
synonym: careful.
Roget 864:
cautious,
wary,
guarded;
on one's guard
etc.
(watchful)
459;
cavendo tutus [Lat.];
in medio tutissimus [Lat.];
vigilant.
careful,
heedful;
cautelous†,
stealthy,
chary,
shy of,
circumspect,
prudent,
discreet,
politic;
sure-footed
etc.
(skillful)
698.
unenterprising,
unadventurous,
cool,
steady,
self-possessed;
overcautious.
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3 heedful
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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