Word Meanings - HEEDFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant. Shak. -- Heed"ful*ly, adv. -- Heed"ful*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HEEDFUL)

• Circumspect
• Cautious
• wary
• careful
• heedful
• attentive
• prudent
• watchful
• scrupulous
• vigilant
• Observant
• Regardful
• mindful
• obedient
• Thoughtful
• Careful
• provident
• contemplative
• considerate
• anxious
• pensive
• cogitative
• reflective
• regardful
• diligent
• Watchful
• Vigilant
• expectant
• wakeful
• observant
• circumspect
• cautious

Related words: (words related to HEEDFUL)

• ANXIOUSLY
  In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
• PENSIVE
  weigh, ponder, consider, v. intens. fr. pendere to weigh. See 1. Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing. The pensive secrecy of desert cell. Milton. Anxious cares
• CIRCUMSPECTNESS
  Vigilance un guarding against evil from every quarter; caution. forces circumspectness on those abroad, who at home are nursed in security. Sir H. Wotton.
• CONTEMPLATIVE
  1. Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative. Fixed and contemplative their looks. Denham. 2. Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties. Ray.
• OBSERVANTLY
  In an observant manner.
• CAREFULLY
  In a careful manner.
• WATCHFUL
  Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful
• ANXIOUSNESS
  The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.
• OBSERVANTINE
  One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants.
• CAUTIOUSNESS
  The quality of being cautious.
• PRUDENT
  1. Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to rash; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by prudence or
• COGITATIVE
  1. Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating. "Cogitative faculties." Wollaston. 2. Given to thought or contemplation. Sir H. Wotton.
• CIRCUMSPECTIVE
  Looking around everi way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. "Circumspective eyes." Pope.
• THOUGHTFUL
  1. Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind. War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades. Pope. 2. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful
• VIGILANTLY
  In a vigilant manner.
• PENSIVED
  Made pensive. Shak.
• PROVIDENTLY
  In a provident manner.
• PRUDENTIAL
  1. Proceeding from, or dictated or characterized by, prudence; prudent; discreet; sometimes, selfish or pecuniary as distinguished from higher motives or influences; as, prudential motives. " A prudential line of conduct." Sir W. Scott.
• PRUDENTIALIST
  One who is governed by, or acts from, prudential motives. Coleridge.
• CONTEMPLATIVELY
  With contemplation; in a contemplative manner.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• SUSPENSIVE
  Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful. "In suspensive thoughts." Beaumont. "A suspensive veto." Macaulay. The provisional and suspensive attitude. J. Morley. Suspensive condition
• INOBEDIENT
  Not obedient; disobedient. Chaucer. -- In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv.
• INCAUTIOUS
  Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark. You . . . incautious tread On fire with faithless embers overspread. Francis.
• IMPRUDENT
  Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper. -- Im*pru"dent*ly, adv. Her majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many of the ministers and readers. Strype. Syn.
• IMPROVIDENTLY
  In a improvident manner. "Improvidently rash." Drayton.
• UNCONSIDERATE
  Inconsiderate; heedless; careless. Daniel. -- Un`con*sid"er*ate*ness, n. Hales.
• INATTENTIVE
  Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit. I. Watts. Syn. -- Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent; remiss; inadvertent.
• INCONSIDERATE
  1. Not considerate; not attentive to safety or to propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others; hasty; careless; thoughtless; heedless; as, the young are generally inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct. It is a very unhappy token of
• JURISPRUDENT
  Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence. G. West.