Dictionary Definition
heedful adj
1 taking heed; giving close and thoughtful
attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer";
"heedful of what they were doing" [syn: attentive, thoughtful] [ant: heedless]
2 cautiously attentive; "careful of her
feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice" [syn: careful]
3 giving attention [syn: advertent]
User Contributed Dictionary
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accommodating, accommodative, advertent, agog, agreeable, alert, all ears, all eyes,
assiduous, attentive, aware, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, complaisant, concentrated, conscientious, conscionable, conscious, considerate, curious, deliberate, delicate, diligent, discreet, earnest, exact, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, gingerly, guarded, helpful, hesitant, indulgent, intense, intent, intentive, judicious, leaving out
nothing, lenient,
loving, meticulous, mindful, mindful of others,
nice, niggling, noncommittal, obliging, observant, observing, on guard, on the
ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, overlooking no
possibility, painstaking, pawky, politic, prudent, punctilious, punctual, regardful, safe, scrupulous, slow to act,
solicitous, tactful, tender, tentative, thorough, thoughtful, tolerant, unadventurous, uncommunicative,
undaring, unenterprising, unprecipitate, watchful