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Synonyms for attention
əˈtɛn ʃən; əˌtɛnˈʃʌnat·ten·tion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.7 / 3 votes

  1. attention

    Care concerns what we possess; anxiety, often, what we do not; riches bring many cares; poverty brings many anxieties. Care also signifies watchful attention, in view of possible harm; as, "This side up with care;" "Take care of yourself;" or, as a sharp warning, "Take care!" Caution has a sense of possible harm and risk only to be escaped, if at all, by careful deliberation and observation. Care inclines to the positive, caution to the negative; care is shown in doing, caution largely in not doing. Precaution is allied with care, prudence with caution; a man rides a dangerous horse with care; caution will keep him from mounting the horse; precaution looks to the saddle-girths, bit and bridle, and all that may make the rider secure. Circumspection is watchful observation and calculation, but without the timidity implied in caution. Concern denotes a serious interest, milder than anxiety; as, concern for the safety of a ship at sea. Heed implies attention without disquiet; it is now largely displaced by attention and care. Solicitude involves especially the element of desire, not expressed in anxiety, and of hopefulness, not implied in care. A parent feels constant solicitude for his children's welfare, anxiety as to dangers that threaten it, with care to guard against them. Watchfulness recognizes the possibility of danger, wariness the probability. A man who is not influenced by caution to keep out of danger may display great wariness in the midst of it. Care has also the sense of responsibility, with possible control, as expressed in charge, management, oversight; as, these children are under my care; send the money to me in care of the firm. Compare ALARM; ANXIETY; PRUDENCE.

    Synonyms:
    anxiety, care, caution, charge, circumspection, concern, direction, forethought, heed, management, oversight, perplexity, precaution, prudence, solicitude, trouble, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness, worry

    Antonyms:
    carelessness, disregard, heedlessness, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, omission, oversight, recklessness, remissness, slight

    Preposition:
    Take care of the house; for the future; about the matter.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. attention

    Synonyms:
    observation, notice, regard, watchfulness, heed, consideration, circumspection, study, vigilance, care

    Antonyms:
    disregard, inadvertence, remission, indifference, carelessness, abstraction, distraction, absence

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. attention, attendingnoun

    the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

    Synonyms:
    care, aid, attendance, tending, attending

    Antonyms:
    inattention

  2. care, attention, aid, tendingnoun

    the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

    "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"

    Synonyms:
    assist, attending, financial aid, aid, tending, upkeep, assistance, precaution, forethought, caution, concern, help, charge, economic aid, tutelage, guardianship, maintenance, care, fear

    Antonyms:
    inattention

  3. attentionnoun

    a general interest that leads people to want to know more

    "She was the center of attention"

    Synonyms:
    care, aid, tending, attending

    Antonyms:
    inattention

  4. attentionnoun

    a courteous act indicating affection

    "she tried to win his heart with her many attentions"

    Synonyms:
    care, aid, tending, attending

    Antonyms:
    inattention

  5. attentionnoun

    the faculty or power of mental concentration

    "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention"

    Synonyms:
    care, aid, tending, attending

    Antonyms:
    inattention

  6. attentionnoun

    a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review

    "the troops stood at attention"

    Synonyms:
    care, aid, tending, attending

    Antonyms:
    inattention

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. remind you of

    Submitted by anonymous on February 17, 2021  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. attentionnoun

    Synonyms:
    care, heed, regard, heedfulness, mindfulness, notice, observation, consideration, advertence, circumspection, watch, watchfulness

  2. attentionnoun

    Synonyms:
    application, reflection, study

  3. attentionnoun

    Synonyms:
    civility, courtesy, politeness, deference, respect, regard

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. attentionnoun

    Synonyms:
    heed, regard, advertence, vigilance, circumspection, consideration, alertness, watchfulness, notice, civility, courtesy, deference, devoirs, addresses

    Antonyms:
    inattention, inadvertence, slight, disregard

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#166718circumspection

How to use attention in a sentence?

  1. Travis Scott:

    It’s so crazy because I ’m that artist too — anytime you can hear something like that, you want to stop the show, you want to make sure fans get the proper attention they need. Anytime I could see anything like that, I did. I stopped it a couple of times to just make sure everybody was OK. And I really just go off the fans ’ energy as a collective — call and response. I just did n’t hear that.

  2. Brigitte Nacos:

    The more gruesome the executions are, the more attention they get, when President Obama responds to each of their killing videos ... that gives them the feeling of being a powerful political actor that legitimate actors have to deal with.

  3. Cindi Duchow:

    We need to put the attention back on what happened in Waukesha and say we need to put violent felons in prison and not on the street.

  4. James Scott:

    The biggest center of attention needs to be the Secretaries of State. They're the ones that manage the elections. At the end of the day, they're the ones that need to be held accountable.

  5. Yesha Callahan:

    It shouldn’t take this massive amount of attention, if you want to have a policy, have it, but enforce that policy across the board. Don’t allow your bouncers to enforce it across their own biases.


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