'Forgetful' definitions:
Definition of 'forgetful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" [syn: unretentive, forgetful, short] [ant: long, recollective, retentive, tenacious]
adjective
Not mindful or attentive; "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw [syn: unmindful, forgetful, mindless] [ant: aware, mindful]
adjective
Failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age" [syn: forgetful, oblivious]
Definition of 'Forgetful'
From: GCIDE
- Forgetful \For*get"ful\, a.
- 1. Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive. [1913 Webster]
- Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. --Heb. xiii. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. [Archaic or Poetic] "The forgetful wine." --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'forgetful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absent,
- absent-minded,
- absentminded,
- abstracted,
- airy,
- amnesiac,
- amnestic,
- bemused,
- blocked,
- careless,
- casual,
- converted,
- cursory,
- degage,
- disregardant,
- disregardful,
- distracted,
- dreaming,
- dreamy,
- easygoing,
- flippant,
- forgetting,
- free and easy,
- heedless,
- in the clouds,
- inattentive,
- inclined to forget,
- inconsiderate,
- indifferent,
- insouciant,
- lax,
- lazy,
- Lethean,
- mindless,
- neglectful,
- negligent,
- oblivious,
- offhand,
- out of it,
- perfunctory,
- preoccupied,
- reckless,
- regardless,
- remiss,
- remote,
- repressed,
- respectless,
- slack,
- suppressed,
- tactless,
- thoughtless,
- unaccommodating,
- uncomplaisant,
- uncooperative,
- undiplomatic,
- unheedful,
- unheeding,
- unhelpful,
- unmindful,
- unobliging,
- unprepared,
- unready,
- unsolicitous,
- untactful,
- unthinking,
- unthoughtful,
- unwitting