'attentive' definitions:
Definition of 'attentive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor" [ant: inattentive]
adjective
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]
Synonyms of 'attentive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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