thoughtful
adj/ˈθɔːtfəl/UK/ˈθɔtfəl/US/ˈθɑtfl̩/CA
Etymology
From Middle English thoȝtful, thohtful, equivalent to thought + -ful. Compare Dutch gedachtenvol, Swedish tankfull.
- inherited from thoȝtful
Definitions
Demonstrating thought or careful consideration.
- Most thoughtful people eventually solve the puzzle.
- Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.
- But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.
Demonstrating kindness or consideration for others.
- Preparing dinner is a thoughtful gesture for a new mother.
The neighborhood
- synonymattentive
- synonymcareful
- synonymcaring
- synonymcogitative
- synonymcontemplative
- synonymconsiderate
- synonymintrospective
- synonymobservative
- synonympensive
- synonymthoughty
- antonymthoughtless
- neighborsensitive
- neighborsolemn
- neighborkind
- neighborcharitable
- neighborhelpful
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for thoughtful. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA