ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAattentive
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attentive
Meaning: carefully listening or watching
attentive in a sentence
How attentive is used in real sentences:
The attentive students noticed each step in the teacher's experiment.
The attentive lifeguard watched every swimmer in the shallow pool.
“Chen asked her to stay attentive near each chamber.”
— from the passage The Garden Below
Synonyms for attentive
Other words for attentive — alert, observant and watchful — carry the same meaning.
- alert
- observant
- watchful
Antonyms of attentive
Words that mean the opposite of attentive:
- careless
- distracted
Where it comes from
From Latin attendere 'to stretch toward'
Memory hook
Attentive begins like attention, which you give by watching and listening.