Antonyms for absent-minded
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : ab-suhnt-mahyn-did |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæb səntˈmaɪn dɪd |
Definition of absent-minded
- adj out to lunch
- I thought of all the absent-minded things he might do, but I never thought of this, no, I never!
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- Winnie maintained that he was much less “absent-minded” now.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- “Of course,” repeated the great man, with a sort of absent-minded loftiness.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- "I will think about it," replied my mother in an absent-minded way.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- His face was downcast and he put the dishes on the table in an absent-minded way.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
- It shows how absent-minded I am, for I ought to have thought of the wine long ago.
- Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
- Aunty May said, "Yes, but you'll never have a chance to get absent-minded with this boy again."
- Extract from : « W. A. G.'s Tale » by Margaret Turnbull
- "Oh, no; everything is going on all right," she replied, in an absent-minded way.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- He joked no more and, during breakfast, was silent and absent-minded.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- She seemed to be thinking of something else and her answers were brief and absent-minded.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Synonyms for absent-minded
- absent
- absorbed
- abstracted
- airheaded
- bemused
- careless
- daydreaming
- distracted
- distrait
- dreaming
- dreamy
- engrossed
- faraway
- forgetful
- goofing off
- head in the clouds
- heedless
- inattentive
- inconscient
- lost
- mooning
- moony
- oblivious
- out to lunch
- pipe dreaming
- preoccupied
- remote
- removed
- scatterbrained
- space cadet
- spacey
- surroundings
- unaware of events
- unconscious
- unheeding
- unmindful
- unobservant
- unthinking
- withdrawn
- woolgathering
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