Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Inattention

Nouns
  • inattention, inconsideration
  • inconsiderateness etc. adj.
  • oversight
  • inadvertence, inadvertency, nonobservance, disregard. supineness etc. (inactivity) Inactivity
  • want of thought
  • heedlessness etc. (neglect) Neglect
  • insouciance etc. (indifference) Indifference. abstraction
  • absence of mind, absorption of mind
  • preoccupation, distraction, reverie, brown study, deep musing, fit of abstraction.
Verbs
  • be inattentive etc. adj.
  • overlook, disregard
  • pass by etc. (neglect) Neglect
  • not observe etc. Attention
  • think little of. close one's eyes to, shut one's eyes to
  • pay no attention to
  • dismiss from one's thoughts, discard from one's thoughts, discharge from one's thoughts, dismiss from one's mind, discard from one's mind, discharge from one's mind
  • drop the subject, think no more of
  • set aside, turn aside, put aside
  • turn away from, turn one's attention from, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon. abstract oneself, dream, indulge in reverie. escape notice, escape attention
  • come in at one ear and go out at the other
  • forget etc. (have no remembrance) Oblivion. call off the attention, draw off the attention, call away the attention, divert the attention, distract the mind
  • put out of one's head
  • disconcert, discompose
  • put out, confuse, perplex, bewilder, moider, fluster, muddle, dazzle
  • throw a sop to Cerberus.
Adjectives
  • inattentive
  • unobservant, unmindful, heedless, unthinking, unheeding, undiscerning
  • inadvertent
  • mindless, regardless, respectless, listless etc. (indifferent) Indifference
  • blind, deaf
  • bird-witted
  • hand over head
  • cursory, percursory
  • giddy-brained, scatter-brained, hare-brained
  • unreflective, unreflecting
  • offhand
  • dizzy, muzzy, brainsick
  • giddy, giddy as a goose
  • wild, harum-scarum, rantipole, highflying
  • heedless, careless etc. (neglectful) Neglect. inconsiderate, thoughtless. absent, abstracted, distrait
  • absentminded, lost
  • lost in thought, wrapped in thought
  • rapt, in the clouds, bemused
  • dreaming on other things, musing on other things
  • preoccupied, engrossed etc. (attentive) Attention
  • daydreaming, in a reverie etc. n.
  • off one's guard etc. (inexpectant) Inexpectation
  • napping
  • dreamy
  • caught napping. disconcerted, distracted, put out etc. v..
Adverbs
  • inattentively, inadvertently, absent-mindedly etc. adj.
Int
  • stand at ease, stand easy!
Phrases
  • the attention wanders
  • one's wits gone a woolgathering, one's wits gone a bird's nesting
  • it never entered into one's head
  • the mind running on other things
  • one's thoughts being elsewhere
  • had it been a bear it would have bitten you.