Meanings
comparative more heedless · superlative most heedless
- Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive.
Sing we joyous, all together, heedless of the wind and weather.
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Brutes […] / Ruminate heedleſs of the ſcene outſpread / Beneath, beyond, and ſtretching far away / From inland regions to the diſtant main.
1785, William Cowper, “Book V. The Winter Morning Walk.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 221"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless."
1910, Emerson Hough, “The Gateway, and Some who Passed”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 21Synonyms: unthinking · Antonyms: heedful
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemarked by or paying little heed or attention
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishheed
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishheedless
Translations
Bengali গাফেল, বেপরোয়া
- গাফেল (gaphel)unaware, without noticing
- বেপরোয়া (beporowa)unaware, without noticing
Bulgarian небрежен, непредпазлив
- небрежен (nebrežen)unaware, without noticing
- непредпазлив (nepredpazliv)unaware, without noticing
Danish ubetænksom, ubesinding
- ubetænksomunaware, without noticing
- ubesindingunaware, without noticing
- uden hensyn tilunaware, without noticing
Dutch onbewust, onoplettend
- onbewustunaware, without noticing
- onoplettendunaware, without noticing
- slordigunaware, without noticing
Finnish piittaamaton, piittaamatta
- piittaamatonunaware, without noticing
- piittaamattaunaware, without noticing
- välittämättäunaware, without noticing
French insouciant, inattentif
- insouciantunaware, without noticing
- inattentifunaware, without noticing
- négligentunaware, without noticing
German unachtsam, achtlos
- unachtsamunaware, without noticing
- achtlosunaware, without noticing
- nicht beachtendunaware, without noticing
- unaufmerksamunaware, without noticing
- rücksichtslosunaware, without noticing
- unbedachtunaware, without noticing
- leichtsinnigunaware, without noticing
Greek αδιάφορος
- αδιάφορος (adiáforos)unaware, without noticing
Irish anaireach
- anaireachunaware, without noticing
Italian sventato, disavveduto
- sventatounaware, without noticing
- disavvedutounaware, without noticing
Latin indīligens, temerārius
- indīligensunaware, without noticing
- temerāriusunaware, without noticing
- inconsīderātusunaware, without noticing
Māori mākūare, mātotoru
- mākūareunaware, without noticing
- mātotoruunaware, without noticing
- hautāruruunaware, without noticing
- pokanoaunaware, without noticing
Persian بیپروا
- بیپروا (bi-parvâ)unaware, without noticing
Romanian nepăsător
- nepăsătorunaware, without noticing
Scottish Gaelic eas-umhail
- eas-umhailunaware, without noticing
Spanish negligente, inconsiderado
- negligenteunaware, without noticing
- inconsideradounaware, without noticing
- indiligenteunaware, without noticing
- desatentounaware, without noticing
- distraídounaware, without noticing
- despistadounaware, without noticing
Swedish oaktsam
- oaktsamunaware, without noticing
Turkish aldırışsız, aldırmayan
- aldırışsızunaware, without noticing
- aldırmayanunaware, without noticing
- dikkatsizunaware, without noticing
- ehemmiyet etmeyenunaware, without noticing
- gaflet içindeunaware, without noticing
- önemsemeyenunaware, without noticing
Welsh dihidio, di-hid
- dihidiounaware, without noticing
- di-hidunaware, without noticing
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with heedless
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heedless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heedless
“heedless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heedless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heedless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heedless.
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