HEEDFULNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heedfulness mean? 

• HEEDFULNESS (noun)
  The noun HEEDFULNESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities

  Familiarity information: HEEDFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEEDFULNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

heedfulness; mindfulness

Hypernyms ("heedfulness" is a kind of...):

attentiveness (the trait of being observant and paying attention)

Attribute:

aware; mindful (bearing in mind; attentive to)

forgetful; mindless; unmindful (not mindful or attentive)

Antonym:

heedlessness (the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities)

Derivation:

heedful (giving attention)

heedful (taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention)

heedful (cautiously attentive)