ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsSsolicitous
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solicitous
Meaning: showing attentive concern for another person's needs
solicitous in a sentence
How solicitous is used in real sentences:
The solicitous guide slowed his pace for the tired hikers.
Her solicitous questions reassured the patient before surgery.
“He was solicitous about former neighbors, asking first whether each family had found stable housing and refusing to center his own disappointments.”
— from the passage The Late Correction
“Her solicitous attention extended even to the elderly spaniel, whose blanket she moved three times away from drafts.”
— from the passage The House at Mallow End
Synonyms for solicitous
Other words for solicitous — concerned, attentive and considerate — carry the same meaning.
- concerned
- attentive
- considerate
Antonyms of solicitous
Words that mean the opposite of solicitous:
- indifferent
- neglectful
- unconcerned
Where it comes from
From Latin sollicitus, meaning 'anxious or concerned.'
Memory hook
SOLICITOUS contains 'solicit': a solicitous person keeps asking what you need.
Practice solicitous in the app