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Antonyms for oblivious
əˈblɪv i əsobliv·i·ous

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.8 / 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 WordNet2.7 / 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 Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. obliviousadjective

    Synonyms:
    unmindful, unconscious, forgetful, heedless, disregardful

How to use oblivious in a sentence?

  1. Bill Gross:

    Banks, insurance companies, pension funds and Mom and Pop on Main Street are stripped of their ability to pay for future debts and retirement benefits, central banks seem oblivious to this dark side of low interest rates. If maintained for too long, the real economy itself is affected as expected income fails to materialize and investment spending stagnates.

  2. Samantha Bees:

    Ivanka Trump, who works at the White House senior adviser, chose to post the second most oblivious tweet we've seen this week, you know, Ivanka Trump, White House senior adviser's a beautiful photo of you and your child, but let me just say, one mother to another, do something about your dad's immigration practices, you feckless c *** !

  3. Kahlil Gibran:

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

  4. 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.

  5. Charles Day:

    Your finances are the lifeblood of everything you want to do, you shouldn’t be oblivious to what your finances are, just as you wouldn’t be oblivious to your health.

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