[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]