THOUGHTFUL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • showing consideration and anticipation of needs
   Synonym(s)
   • kind (what does kind mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • it was thoughtful of you to bring flowers
   • a neighbor showed thoughtful attention
   Similar To
   • considerate (what does considerate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • taking heed
   • giving close and thoughtful attention
   Synonym(s)
   • attentive (what does attentive mean?)
   • heedful (what does heedful mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • heedful of the warnings
   • so heedful a writer
   • heedful of what they were doing
   Antonym(s)
   • heedless (what does heedless mean?)
   • thoughtless (what does thoughtless mean?)
   • unheeding (what does unheeding mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • attentiveness (what does attentiveness mean?)
   • heed (what does heed mean?)
   • regard (what does regard mean?)
   • paying attention (what does paying attention mean?)
3. Meaning
   • having intellectual depth
   Usage Example(s)
   • a deeply thoughtful essay
   Similar To
   • profound (what does profound mean?)
4. Meaning
   • acting with or showing thought and good sense
   Synonym(s)
   • sensible (what does sensible mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a sensible young man
   Similar To
   • serious (what does serious mean?)
5. Meaning
   • exhibiting or characterized by careful thought
   Usage Example(s)
   • a thoughtful paper
   Antonym(s)
   • thoughtless (what does thoughtless mean?)
   Similar To
   • bemused (what does bemused mean?)
   • deep in thought(p) (what does deep in thought(p) mean?)
   • lost(p) (what does lost(p) mean?)
   • preoccupied (what does preoccupied mean?)
   • brooding (what does brooding mean?)
   • broody (what does broody mean?)
   • contemplative (what does contemplative mean?)
   • meditative (what does meditative mean?)
   • musing (what does musing mean?)
   • pensive (what does pensive mean?)
   • pondering (what does pondering mean?)
   • reflective (what does reflective mean?)
   • ruminative (what does ruminative mean?)
   • cogitative (what does cogitative mean?)
   • considered (what does considered mean?)
   • reasoned (what does reasoned mean?)
   • well thought out(p) (what does well thought out(p) mean?)
   • deliberate (what does deliberate mean?)
   • deliberative (what does deliberative mean?)
   • excogitative (what does excogitative mean?)
   See Also
   • considerate (what does considerate mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • thoughtfulness (what does thoughtfulness mean?)