Synonyms for forgetful
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Inattentive
inattentive, unmindful, careless, mindless, neglectful, heedless, negligent, thoughtless, indifferent, reckless, remiss
2. Unretentive
Other
oblivious dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
- adj. 2
Dropping some of the input's structure or properties before producing an output.
a forgetful mapping; a forgetful functor
Related words
- Word family
- forgetfulness
- Phrases
- forgetful functor
Example sentences
- careless It is very careless of you to leave the door open.
- mindless The internet is great for mindless entertainment.
- inattentive The older we get, the more inattentive we become.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| forgetful | rising | |
| careless | steady | |
| mindless | rising | |
| inattentive | rising | |
| unmindful | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- short1
- 6 letters
- remiss2
- 8 letters
- reckless2, careless2, mindless2, heedless
- 9 letters
- negligent3, oblivious4, unmindful
- 10 letters
- neglectful3
- 11 letters
- indifferent3, thoughtless2, inattentive4, unretentive
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (remiss2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- oublieux
- Italiano
- smemorato
- Deutsch
- vergesslich