Synonyms for thoughtful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : thawt-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈθɔt fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for thoughtful Other synonyms for the word thoughtful
- absorbed
- anxious
- aware
- benign
- brainy
- calculating
- canny
- charitable
- chivalrous
- circumspect
- civil
- cogitative
- concerned
- cooperative
- deep
- deliberative
- diplomatic
- discerning
- earnest
- engrossed
- farsighted
- friendly
- gallant
- gracious
- grave
- heedful
- helpful
- indulgent
- intellectual
- intent
- keen
- kind
- kindly
- levelheaded
- logical
- lost in thought
- meditative
- melancholy
- museful
- musing
- neighborly
- obliging
- observant
- observative
- observing
- pensive
- philosophic
- polite
- pondering
- preoccupied
- prudent
- rapt
- rational
- reasonable
- reasoning
- reflecting
- reflective
- regardful
- responsive
- retrospective
- ruminative
- sensitive
- serious
- sober
- social
- solicitous
- studious
- subjective
- tactful
- thinking
- unselfish
- wary
- well thought-out
- well-bred
- wise
- wistful
Définition of thoughtful
Origin :- c.1200, "contemplative," from thought + -ful. Also in Middle English, "prudent; moody, anxious." Meaning "showing consideration for others" is from 1851 (cf. thoughtless.) Related: Thoughtfully; thoughtfulness.
- adj caring, mindful
- adj contemplative, introspective
- The announcement brought with it a long and thoughtful pause.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- His look was bright and thoughtful and his bearing attractive.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Wanhope waited for a thoughtful moment of censure eventuating in toleration.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- Especially is this so with thoughtful, sober-minded boys like the young Napoleon.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- She was standing a little apart from me, her eyes cast down and thoughtful.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- I felt it was so thoughtful of him to give me this admonition.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- Bright and thoughtful people differ as to what might, can, and should be done.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
- But as for Sam, as soon as he recovered he shook his head in thoughtful deprecation.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Little Dorrit's thoughtful eyes met hers, tenderly and quietly.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- His manner of imparting information, is thoughtful, and appropriate to the scene.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
Antonyms for thoughtful
- careless
- discourteous
- flippant
- happy
- heedless
- idiotic
- ignorant
- impolite
- imprudent
- inattentive
- incautious
- inconsiderate
- indiscreet
- irrational
- mean
- negligent
- obtuse
- rash
- remiss
- rude
- stupid
- thoughtless
- trivial
- uncareful
- uncaring
- uncivil
- unimportant
- unmannerly
- unmindful
- unreasonable
- unrefined
- unserious
- unthoughtful
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