oblivious

The word “oblivious” has 4 syllables: o-bliv-i-ous

It's pronounced as /əˈblɪviəs/


What is synonym and antonym for oblivious?

In the thesaurus, “oblivious” has 53 synonyms and 25 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for oblivious along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for oblivious

Antonyms for oblivious

  • acquainted
  • attentive
  • au courant
  • aware
  • cognizant
  • concerned
  • conscious
  • conversant
  • educated
  • grounded
  • heedful
  • hip
  • informed
  • knowing
  • knowledgeable
  • mindful
  • observant
  • plugged-in
  • schooled
  • sensitive
  • sentient
  • taught
  • understanding
  • up-to-date
  • witting

Meanings of oblivious

  • adjective
    1. (usually followed by to or of) Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.
    2. Failing to remember; forgetful.

Example Sentences

  • Despite the noise around her, she remained oblivious to the commotion, lost in her own thoughts.
  • The child was completely oblivious to the danger of playing near the edge of the cliff.
  • He walked through the bustling city streets, oblivious to the honking horns and hurried pedestrians.
  • She was so absorbed in her book that she was oblivious to the passing hours.
  • The politician seemed oblivious to the concerns of the constituents, continuing to pursue unpopular policies.

On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to oblivious, such as: absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, acquainted, amnesic, attentive.

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Related Words

absent

neglecting

  • apathetic
  • bypassing
  • careless
  • defaulting
  • delinquent
  • derelict
  • disdaining
  • disinterested
  • disregardful
  • disregarding
  • failing
  • forgetful
  • forgetting
  • heedless
  • ignoring
  • inattentive
  • incautious
  • indifferent
  • irresponsible
  • lax
  • lazy
  • loose
  • missing
  • missing out on
  • neglectful
  • negligent
  • oblivious
  • omitting
  • overlooking
  • overpassing
  • passing over
  • pooh-poohing
  • poohing
  • pretermitting
  • reckless
  • rejecting
  • remiss
  • scanting
  • scorning
  • shirking
  • shrugging off
  • skimping
  • skipping
  • slack
  • sliding
  • slighting
  • slipping
  • thoughtless
  • unconcerned
  • unguarded
  • unheeding
  • uninterested
  • unmindful
  • unthinking
  • unwary
  • wild

rashness

  • beeline
  • bustle
  • carelessness
  • celerity
  • dash
  • delinquency
  • dereliction
  • dispatch
  • expedition
  • expeditiousness
  • fastness
  • fleetness
  • flurry
  • flutter
  • foolhardiness
  • forgetfulness
  • haste
  • hastiness
  • heedlessness
  • hotheadedness
  • hurry
  • hustle
  • impetuosity
  • impetuousness
  • impulsiveness
  • impulsivity
  • inadvertence
  • inadvertency
  • inattention
  • inattentiveness
  • incaution
  • incautiousness
  • indiscretion
  • irresponsibility
  • irresponsibleness
  • laxness
  • malfeasance
  • malpractice
  • misconduct
  • misdirection
  • mishandling
  • mismanagement
  • neglect
  • neglectfulness
  • negligence
  • obliviousness
  • omission
  • precipitation
  • precipitousness
  • promptitude
  • promptness
  • quickness
  • rapidity
  • rapidness
  • recklessness
  • remissness
  • rush
  • scramble
  • scurry
  • scuttle
  • shortsightedness
  • slackness
  • speed
  • speediness
  • stampede
  • stir
  • swiftness
  • unwariness
  • velocity
  • whirl
  • wildness

rapt

  • absent
  • absent-minded
  • absorbed
  • abstracted
  • alert
  • alive
  • all ears
  • attentive
  • beguiled
  • bewitched
  • blissed-out
  • blissful
  • busy
  • captivated
  • carried away
  • caught up in
  • charmed
  • conscious
  • daydreaming
  • deep
  • delighted
  • dreaming
  • ecstatic
  • elated
  • elevated
  • employed
  • enamored
  • enchanted
  • engaged
  • engrossed
  • enrapt
  • enraptured
  • enthralled
  • enthusiastic
  • entranced
  • euphoric
  • excited
  • exhilarated
  • exultant
  • focused
  • focussed
  • giddy
  • glad
  • glorying
  • gratified
  • gripped
  • gung ho
  • happy
  • heady
  • held
  • hung up
  • hypnotized
  • immersed
  • inattentive
  • intent
  • interested
  • intoxicated
  • intrigued
  • involved
  • joyful
  • joyous
  • jubilant
  • lost
  • mesmerized
  • oblivious
  • observant
  • occupied
  • on cloud nine
  • open-eyed
  • over the moon
  • overwhelmed
  • pleased
  • preoccupied
  • rapturous
  • ravished
  • rejoicing
  • rhapsodic
  • rhapsodical
  • satisfied
  • spellbound
  • taken
  • thrilled
  • tickled
  • transported
  • triumphant
  • unconscious
  • watchful
  • wide-awake
  • wrapped
  • wrapped-up

napping

  • absent-minded
  • abstracted
  • ad-lib
  • asleep
  • asleep at the switch
  • asleep on the job
  • at ease
  • at rest
  • bed
  • blundering
  • brutish
  • casual
  • catnap
  • catnapping
  • caught off guard
  • comatose
  • comfortable
  • conked
  • couching
  • crashed
  • cursory
  • daydreaming
  • dazed
  • dead to the world
  • derelict
  • disregardful
  • dopy
  • dormant
  • doze
  • dozing
  • dozy
  • dreaming
  • dreamy
  • dropping off
  • drowse
  • drowsing
  • drowsy
  • drugged
  • fast
  • feckless
  • flaked out
  • flat-footed
  • foolish
  • forgetful
  • forty winks
  • getting shut-eye
  • half asleep
  • hasty
  • heavy
  • heedless
  • hibernating
  • hypnotized
  • ill-considered
  • impromptu
  • improvident
  • improvised
  • imprudent
  • impulsive
  • in dreamland
  • in repose
  • inaccurate
  • inactive
  • inadvertent
  • inattentive
  • incautious
  • inconsiderate
  • indelicate
  • indifferent
  • indiscreet
  • indolent
  • inert
  • injudicious
  • insensitive
  • instinctive
  • irresponsible
  • kipping
  • lackadaisical
  • languid
  • lax
  • laying
  • lazy
  • lethargic
  • loose
  • lounging
  • lulling
  • lying
  • lying down
  • mechanical
  • mesmerized
  • mindless
  • nap
  • negligent
  • nodding
  • nodding off
  • nonchalant
  • not on the job
  • not prepared
  • oblivious
  • off the cuff
  • offhand
  • on the kip
  • out
  • out cold
  • out like a light
  • out of it
  • outrageous
  • oversleeping
  • perfunctory
  • played by ear
  • pococurante
  • quiet
  • rapid eye movement
  • rash
  • recessing
  • reckless
  • reclining
  • regardless
  • relaxing
  • remiss
  • repose
  • reposing
  • rest
  • restful
  • resting
  • roosting
  • rude
  • sacked out
  • selfish
  • semiconscious
  • senseless
  • shut-eye
  • siesta
  • sleep
  • sleeping
  • sleeping in
  • sleepwalking
  • sleepy
  • slipshod
  • sloppy
  • sluggish
  • slumber
  • slumbering
  • slumberous
  • slumbrous
  • snooze
  • snoozing
  • snoozy
  • snoring
  • somnambulant
  • somnolent
  • soothing
  • soporific
  • sound
  • spaced out
  • spontaneous
  • stretched-out
  • surprised
  • tactless
  • taken off guard
  • taking a break
  • taking forty winks
  • taking it easy
  • thoughtless
  • tired
  • torpid
  • unalert
  • unaware
  • uncaring
  • uncircumspect
  • unconcerned
  • unconscious
  • undiplomatic
  • unexpected
  • unguarded
  • unheeding
  • unintended
  • unmeant
  • unmindful
  • unobservant
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unprepared
  • unready
  • unreasoning
  • unreflective
  • unrehearsed
  • unschooled
  • unskilled
  • unsuspecting
  • untactful
  • unthinking
  • untrained
  • unvigilant
  • unwatchful
  • unwinding
  • unwise
  • vacant
  • vulnerable
  • wasteful
  • winged
  • wink
  • witless
  • zoned out
  • zs

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