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forgetful
CIDE DICTIONARY
forgetful, a.
- Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory. [1913 Webster]
- Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive. [1913 Webster]"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers." [1913 Webster]
- Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. J. Webster. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
forgetful, adj.
1 apt to forget, absent-minded.
2 (often foll. by of) forgetting, neglectful.
1 apt to forget, absent-minded.
2 (often foll. by of) forgetting, neglectful.
Derivative
forgetfully adj. forgetfulness n.
THESAURUS
forgetful
Lethean, absent, absent-minded, absentminded, abstracted, airy, amnesiac, amnestic, bemused, blocked, careless, casual, converted, cursory, degage, disregardant, disregardful, distracted, dreaming, dreamy, easygoing, flippant, forgetting, free and easy, heedless, in the clouds, inattentive, inclined to forget, inconsiderate, indifferent, insouciant, lax, lazy, mindless, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, offhand, out of it, perfunctory, preoccupied, reckless, regardless, remiss, remote, repressed, respectless, slack, suppressed, tactless, thoughtless, unaccommodating, uncomplaisant, uncooperative, undiplomatic, unheedful, unheeding, unhelpful, unmindful, unobliging, unprepared, unready, unsolicitous, untactful, unthinking, unthoughtful, unwittingROGET THESAURUS
forgetful
Oblivion
N oblivion, obliviousness, lethe, forgetfulness, amnesia, obliteration of &c, insensibility to the past, short memory, treacherous memory, poor memory, loose memory, slippery memory, failing memory, decay of memory, failure of memory, lapse of memory, waters of Lethe, waters of oblivion, amnesty, general pardon, repressed memory, forgotten, unremembered, past recollection, bygone, out of mind, buried in oblivion, sunk in oblivion, clean forgotten, gone out of one's head, gone out of one's recollection, forgetful, oblivious, mindless, Lethean, insensible to the past, heedless, non mi ricordo, the memory failing, the memory deserting one, being at fault, being in fault, To the Future.For further exploring for "forgetful" in Webster Dictionary Online