absent-minded

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌæbsəntˈmaɪndɪd/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(absənt mīndid)


absent-minded
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Sense: Adjective: forgetful
Synonyms:
absentminded, forgetful Collocations, preoccupied, daydreaming, miles away (informal), absent Collocations, distracted Collocations, inattentive, dreamy, oblivious Collocations, with your head in the clouds, lost in thought, unheeding, vacant Collocations, elsewhere Collocations, far away, somewhere else, heedless, unmindful, not all there (informal), scatterbrained, nobody home (informal), in a trance, out of it (informal), unaware Collocations, inadvertent, musing, stargazing, spaced out (informal), blank Collocations, moony (informal), confused Collocations
Antonyms:
focused Collocations, alert Collocations, attentive Collocations, engaged Collocations, with it (informal), careful Collocations


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