paying attention

English Thesaurus

1. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	attending, attention,
definition	:	the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	advertence, advertency,
definition	:	the process of being heedful (noun.cognition)

attribute	:	heedless, unheeding,
definition	:	marked by or paying little heed or attention (adj.all)

attribute	:	attentive, heedful, paying attention, thoughtful,
definition	:	taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention (adj.all)

2. taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention (adj.all)

attribute	:	attentiveness, heed, paying attention, regard,
definition	:	paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) (noun.cognition)

3. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) (noun.cognition)

antonym	:	heedlessness, inattentiveness,
definition	:	a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	heed, listen, mind,
definition	:	pay close attention to; give heed to (verb.social)

derivation	:	attentive,
definition	:	(often followed by `to') giving care or attention (adj.all)

4. taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention (adj.all)

antonym	:	heedless, unheeding,
definition	:	marked by or paying little heed or attention (adj.all)

derivation	:	thoughtfulness,
definition	:	the trait of thinking carefully before acting (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	attentiveness,
definition	:	the trait of being observant and paying attention (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	heedfulness, mindfulness,
definition	:	the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	advert, attend, give ear, hang, pay heed,
definition	:	give heed (to) (verb.perception)

5. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) (noun.cognition)

antonym	:	heedlessness, inattentiveness,
definition	:	a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people) (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	heed, listen, mind,
definition	:	pay close attention to; give heed to (verb.social)

derivation	:	attentive,
definition	:	(often followed by `to') giving care or attention (adj.all)

6. taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention (adj.all)

antonym	:	heedless, unheeding,
definition	:	marked by or paying little heed or attention (adj.all)

derivation	:	thoughtfulness,
definition	:	the trait of thinking carefully before acting (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	attentiveness,
definition	:	the trait of being observant and paying attention (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	heedfulness, mindfulness,
definition	:	the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	advert, attend, give ear, hang, pay heed,
definition	:	give heed (to) (verb.perception)