Antonyms of noun attentiveness

2 of 3 senses of attentiveness

Sense 1
attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention -- (paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences")
       Antonym of inattentiveness (Sense 1)
      => inattentiveness, heedlessness -- (a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people))

Sense 3
attentiveness -- (the trait of being observant and paying attention)
       Antonym of inattentiveness (Sense 2)
      => inattentiveness -- (the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun attentiveness

3 senses of attentiveness

Sense 1
attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention -- (paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences")
       => attention, attending -- (the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others)

Sense 2
attentiveness -- (the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others)
       => consideration, considerateness, thoughtfulness -- (kind and considerate regard for others; "he showed no consideration for her feelings")

Sense 3
attentiveness -- (the trait of being observant and paying attention)
       => trait -- (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

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