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Synonyms for oblivious
əˈblɪv i əsobliv·i·ous
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
oblivious
As regards mental action, absorbed, abstracted, and preoccupied refer to the cause, absent or absent-minded to the effect. The man absorbed in one thing will appear absent in others. A preoccupied person may seem listless and thoughtless, but the really listless and thoughtless have not mental energy to be preoccupied. The absent-minded man is oblivious of ordinary matters, because his thoughts are elsewhere. One who is preoccupied is intensely busy in thought; one may be absent-minded either through intense concentration or simply through inattention, with fitful and aimless wandering of thought. Compare ABSTRACT.
Synonyms:
absent, absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, listless, negligent, preoccupied, thoughtlessAntonyms:
alert, attentive, on hand, prompt, ready, thoughtful, wide-awake
Princeton's WordNet
oblivious(p), unmindful(p)adjective
(followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
"oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform"; "oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy responsibility"
forgetful, obliviousadjective
failing to keep in mind
"forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"
Synonyms:
unmindful, unretentive, mindless, short, oblivious(p), unmindful(p), forgetful
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
obliviousadjective
Synonyms:
unmindful, unconscious, forgetful, heedless, disregardful
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List of paraphrases for "oblivious":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#746 | short | |
#6793 | absent | |
#13521 | absorbed | |
#16926 | unconscious | |
#18688 | mindless | |
#22833 | insensitive | |
#24087 | indifferent | |
#25698 | negligent | |
#33501 | oblivious | |
#40280 | preoccupied | |
#41382 | abstracted | |
#63892 | thoughtless | |
#64449 | forgetful | |
#69724 | inattentive | |
#81711 | listless | |
#98935 | heedless | |
#155481 | unmindful |
How to use oblivious in a sentence?
Directors are historically pretty oblivious to the interpersonal things on their set, being so focused on what they’re doing creatively, the fact that this was happening under our noses and we did n’t know about it...
angry, violent, bizarre, we’re obscene in our lust, oblivious in our pain. i’m a man driven by my passions. sometimes I desire normalcy but then my brain wakes up and i return to reality.
Clearly they're not disclosing everything, money was being spent to influence State Department public policy and we are oblivious to that.
It is incredibly sad - I was literally two feet from this dead whale, it was both poignant and a bit eerie really - road traffic was thundering overhead on the busiest motorway in Britain and oblivious to all the people in the cars and lorries there was a 10-metre long beautiful whale floating dead beneath them.
United States regulators are not that savvy as far as financial services are concerned, they've either been oblivious on regulation, or incredibly strict.
Translations for oblivious
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- غافلArabic
- oblidadís, oblidós, inconscient, ignorantCatalan, Valencian
- neuvědomující si, nevědomý, nesoustředěný, nevšímavýCzech
- uvidendeDanish
- vergesslich, selbstvergessenGerman
- inconsciente, desprevenido, olvidadizoSpanish
- بی توجهPersian
- tietämätön, unohtavainenFinnish
- distrait, inconscient, oublieux, ignorantFrench
- बेख़बरHindi
- lupaIndonesian
- ignaro, ignara, inconsapevoleItalian
- 無自覚Japanese
- obliviosusLatin
- mākūareMāori
- onoplettend, vergeetachtigDutch
- esquecidoPortuguese
- забывчивыйRussian
- ovetande, glömskSwedish
- unutarak, habersiz, ihmâlkâr, dikkatsiz, unutkan, ilgisiz, ihmâlciTurkish
- tỉnh bơVietnamese
- 遗忘的Chinese
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