Search Result for "paying_attention":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people);
- Example: "his attentiveness to her wishes"
- Example: "he spends without heed to the consequences"
[syn: attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention;
- Example: "heedful of the warnings"
- Example: "so heedful a writer"
- Example: "heedful of what they were doing"
[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]