Heedless

Antonyms for heedless:

cautious, careful, thoughtful, wide-awake, observant, heedful, attentive.

Synonyms for heedless:

Sense 1

unobservant, feckless.

Sense 2

forgetful, blind.

Sense 4

mindless.

naive

unsuspecting.

purposeless

aimless.

uncontrollable

unruly.

uninformed

unaware.

Other synonyms and related words:

abstracted, heady, deaf, unsuspecting, unaware, incautious, unwary, mindless, absorbed, aimless, wanton, unguarded, forgetful, unsafe, unheeding, unruly, blind, unthinking, overconfident, unobservant, feckless, listless, excitable.

accidental (adjective)

inadvertent.

all (adjective)

unheeding, reckless.

careless (adjective)

oblivious, imprudent, unthinking, rash, inattentive, unobservant, foolhardy, reckless, inadvertent, incautious, Disregardful, negligent, thoughtless, feckless, unmindful, unwary.

disobedient (adjective)

unruly.

ignorant (adjective)

unaware.

inattentive (adjective)

inadvertent, wandering, thoughtless, absent, aloof, negligent, befuddled, unmindful, napping, Ignoring, unconscious, preoccupied, faraway, disinterested, detached, unconcerned, uninterested, Disregardful, oblivious, distracted, dreamy, inattentive, unheedful, Absent-minded.

incurious (adjective)

detached, unmindful, disinterested, incurious, dispassionate, indifferent, regardless, careless, uninterested, unconcerned, uninquisitive.

indifferent (adjective)

blind.

reckless (adjective)

daring, inattentive, rash, frantic, nonchalant, overconfident, imprudent, wild, hectic, unmindful, negligent, irresponsible, foolhardy, reckless, indifferent, thoughtless, careless, brash.

sensitive (adjective)

excitable.

thoughtless (adjective)

unthinking, unguarded.

ungrateful (adjective)

ungrateful, thoughtless, unthankful, unappreciative, thankless.

unguarded (adjective)

unguarded.

unheeding (adjective)

unheeding.

Sense 3 (noun)

feckless.

heedless (noun)

reckless, indifferent, thoughtless, unheeding, regardless, careless, deaf.

Usage examples for heedless:

• Old Rolf still remained without, weeping in the forest, heedless of the storm which beat on his unprotected head, while he waited for his young master. - "Sintram and His Companions", Friedrich de la Motte Fouque Commentator: Charlotte M. Yonge.
• Each pleading look, that long ago I scann'd with a heedless eye, Each face was gazing as plainly there, As when I pass'd it by: Woe, woe for me if the past should be Thus present when I die! - "The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood", Thomas Hood.
• Our mission is to explain what Art is and point out her beauty to a coarse and heedless world. - "The Ways of Men", Eliot Gregory.