Antonyms for oblivious
əˈblɪv i əsobliv·i·ous

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.8 / 4 votes

1. 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.

   Antonyms:
   alert, attentive, on hand, prompt, ready, thoughtful, wide-awake

   Synonyms:
   absent, absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, listless, negligent, preoccupied, thoughtless

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.7 / 11 votes

1. 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"

   Antonyms:
   aware(p), cognizant, attentive, cognisant

2. forgetful, obliviousadjective

   failing to keep in mind

   "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"

   Antonyms:
   cognisant, attentive, aware(p), cognizant

   Synonyms:
   unmindful, unretentive, mindless, short, oblivious(p), unmindful(p), forgetful

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. obliviousadjective

   Synonyms:
   unmindful, unconscious, forgetful, heedless, disregardful

How to use oblivious in a sentence?

1. Joseph Banister:

   The Internal Revenue Service is everything the so-called tax protesters said it was; nonresponsive, unable to withstand scrutiny, tyrannical, and oblivious to the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution.

2. Cat Packer:

   I will admit, before taking the class, I was completely oblivious to the many interesting conversations happening around the country about this subject.

3. Keith Byers:

   Anyone who resorts to installing illegal tracking devices on the vehicles of their adversaries is either highly motivated, desperate, unstable, or completely oblivious to the consequences.

4. Bill Maher:

   I keep saying this to the Democratic Party. The reason why you're so toxic is because you've become the party of no common sense. And people see this on their newsfeeds, they see things on their phone or on their Facebook page, people pass things around and it's a constant drip, drip, drip of ‘ Oh, these people are nuts' in a way -- they're not oblivious to the fact that Trump is nuts. When he ran, one of his big selling points was ‘ You’ve got no choice.' He was saying, ‘ Yes, I know I ’m nuts. You know I'm nuts. But they're nuts in a very different way that's closer to home to you.'.

5. Kahlil Gibran:

   The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.

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