Synonyms for mindless
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Brainless — showing a lack of forethought or sense
brainless, senseless, stupid, thoughtless, dumb, unintelligent, stolid, simple, fatuous, irrational, foolish, unreasonable, thick, insensate, thickheaded informal, reasonless, unthinking, moronic, idiotic, witless, slow-witted, obtuse
2. Unmindful — heedless
unmindful, forgetful, oblivious, reckless, careless, heedless, inattentive, absent-minded, negligent, regardless, indifferent, listless, perfunctory, inconsiderate, unaware, neglectful, cursory
3. Rote — overly repetitive and unchallenging, not requiring any careful attention or providing any significant…
4. Unconscious — lacking a mind
Definitions
- adj. 1
Showing a lack of forethought or sense.
- adj. 2
Heedless.
Near-synonyms: unmindful, absent-minded, thoughtless
- adj. 3
Overly repetitive and unchallenging, not requiring any careful attention or providing any significant stimulation.
Near-synonyms: automatic, rote, dull
- adj. 4
Lacking a mind.
Near-synonyms: brainless, unconscious, unsentient
Related words
- Word family
- mindlessly mindlessness
Example sentences
- dumb Do you want to help me or just make dumb comments?
- senseless Sami committed senseless acts in the name of love.
- thoughtless Thoughtless speech may give rise to great mischief.
- brainless What did Brainless and Unhappy do?
- forgetful My grandmother is becoming increasingly forgetful.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mindless | rising | |
| dumb | rising | |
| senseless | rising | |
| thoughtless | rising | |
| brainless | rising | |
| forgetful | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- dumb1, dull1, rote1
- 5 letters
- thick1
- 6 letters
- simple2, stupid2, vacant2, obtuse2, stolid2
- 7 letters
- foolish2, unaware3, idiotic4, cursory3, moronic, vacuous3, witless2, fatuous3
- 8 letters
- reckless2, careless2, listless2, heedless
- 9 letters
- automatic4, senseless2, oblivious4, negligent3, forgetful3, brainless2, unmindful, insensate
- 10 letters
- regardless3, irrational4, neglectful3, unthinking3, reasonless, unsentient
- 11 letters
- unconscious3, indifferent3, thoughtless2, perfunctory4, inattentive4, thickheaded
- 12 letters
- unreasonable4
- 13 letters
- inconsiderate, unintelligent
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (simple2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
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