[syn: heedful, attentive, thoughtful, paying attention]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
paying attention
adj 1: taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention;
"heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer";
"heedful of what they were doing" [syn: heedful,
attentive, thoughtful, paying attention] [ant:
heedless, unheeding]
n 1: paying particular notice (as to children or helpless
people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends
without heed to the consequences" [syn: attentiveness,
heed, regard, paying attention] [ant: heedlessness,
inattentiveness]