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[syn: heedful, attentive, thoughtful, paying attention]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Attentive \At*ten"tive\ ([a^]t*t[e^]n"t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F.
attentif.]
1. Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or
attention.
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Note: Attentive is applied to the senses of hearing and
seeing, as, an attentive ear or eye; to the application
of the mind, as in contemplation; or to the application
of the mind, in every possible sense, as when a person
is attentive to the words, and to the manner and
matter, of a speaker at the same time.
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2. Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
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Syn: Heedful; intent; observant; mindful; regardful;
circumspect; watchful.
[1913 Webster] -- At*ten"tive*ly, adv. --
At*ten"tive*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
attentive
adj 1: (often followed by `to') giving care or attention;
"attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her
patient"; "an attentive suitor" [ant: inattentive]
2: 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
129 Moby Thesaurus words for "attentive":
accommodating, accommodative, accurate, advertent, affable, agile,
agog, agreeable, alert, alive, all ears, all eyes, assiduous,
attenuate, awake, aware, bright, cap in hand, careful, cautious,
ceremonious, circumspect, civil, close, complaisant, concentrated,
concentrating, conscientious, conscious, considerate, correct,
courteous, courtly, critical, curious, deferential, delicate,
demanding, detailed, diligent, dutiful, eager, earnest, exact,
exacting, exigent, exquisite, fair, fine, finical, finicking,
finicky, fussy, gallant, graceful, gracious, heedful, helpful,
honorific, indulgent, intense, intent, intentive, interested, keen,
lenient, listening, loving, meticulous, mindful, mindful of others,
minute, narrow, nice, niggling, nimble, obliging, observant,
observing, on the, on the alert, on the ball, on the job,
open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, particular, polite, precise,
precisianistic, precisionistic, prompt, punctilious, punctual,
qui vive, quick, ready, reedy, refined, regardful, religious,
respectful, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, scrutinizing, sharp,
sleepless, slender, slight, slim, smart, solicitous, strict,
subtle, tactful, tender, tenuous, thoughtful, tolerant, twiggy,
unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping, unwinking, urbane, wakeful,
watchful, wide-awake