attentive
Syllables: at·ten·tiveUK/əˈtɛntɪv//əˈtɪntɪv/
attentive adjective: paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
Adjective
attentive (comparative more attentive, superlative most attentive)
- Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
- She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.
- King-of-the-Sky was sitting alone in the Leeward Village meeting-house, gesticulating to the attentive shades of night, roaring out the genealogy of his ancestors, telling the sleeping world of his greatness.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, republished by Eland, 2019; p. 94
- Courteous; mindful.
- a husband attentive to his wife’s needs
attentive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
attentive in Hindi
- paying attention
- सचेत sacet, चौकस caukas
attentive in Tamil
- கவனமுள்ள, வணக்கத்துடன், விழிப்புள்ள, கருத்துள்ள, நினைப்புள்ள, எச்சரிக்கையான
attentive in Urdu
- attentive
- متوجہ mutavajja
- attentive, alert, vigilant, watchful
- بیدار bedār
attentive in Bengali
- মনোযোগী
More languagesFewer languages
- attentive in Malayalam
- വാസന്ത vāsanta
- attentive in Kannada
- ಗಮನಿಸುವ, ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯವಿಡುವ
- attentive in Odia
- ସତର୍କ satarka
- attentive in Sanskrit
- प्रबुध् prabudh
- attentive in Arabic
- مُنْتَبِه muntabih
- attentive in Thai
- เอาใจใส่ ao-jai-sài, ใส่ใจ sài-jai, ตั้งใจ dtâng-jai, ใจจดใจจ่อ jai-jòt-jai-jɔ̀ɔ
Examples of attentive in a sentence
- The occasional vinyasa class had made her more attentive to her bones.
- Now, Oscar was the most wonderful pet; attentive, affectionate, strangely thoughtful for a cat, a purrfect cat.
- Egrets picked their way through the grass, attentive and showy as fussy girlfriends at the cows' sides.
Synonyms of attentive
Antonyms
Forms of attentive
| comparative | more attentive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most attentive |
Origin of attentive
From Middle English attentif, attentijf, from Old French attentif.
Words formed from attentive
Questions about attentive
- What does attentive mean?
- Attentive means paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
- What is attentive in Hindi?
- Attentive in Hindi is सचेत (sacet), चौकस (caukas). See Attentive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is attentive?
- Attentive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce attentive?
- Attentive is pronounced /əˈtɛntɪv/ (UK).
Words near attentive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: attentive (page history and authors); attentive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بیدار (Urdu) (page history and authors); attentive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വാസന്ത (Malayalam) (page history and authors); attentive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ସତର୍କ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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