Heedful

Definitions: Heedful

Heedful

Adjective

1. Taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing".

2. Cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice".

3. Giving attention.

Date "heedful" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Heedful

Synonyms: advertent (adj), attentive (adj), careful (adj), thoughtful (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: heedless (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Care	Adjective: careful regardful, heedful; taking care; Verb: particular; prudent; (cautious); considerate; thoughtful; (deliberative); provident; (prepared); alert; (active); sure-footed.
Caution	Careful, heedful; cautelous, stealthy, chary, shy of, circumspect, prudent, discreet, politic; sure-footed; (skillful).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Heedful

English words defined with "heedful": advertence, advertency, Attent, attentive ♦ circumspect ♦ discreet ♦ Heedy ♦ thoughtful. (references)

Etymologies containing "heedful": Heedy. (references)

Author	Quotation
Samuel Johnson	Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Heedful" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Heedful" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	3	202,518

Language		Translations for "heedful"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i vëmendshëm (attentive, careful, considerate, observant, regardful), i kujdesshëm (accurate, attentive, canny, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, circumspective, conservative, considerate, deliberate, diligent, forethoughtful, forward-looking, grandmotherly, guarded, monitorial, observant, precise, thoughtful, up and coming, wary). (various references)

Arabic		‏مكترث (attentive, observant), ‏مهتم (attentive, concerned, interested, mindful, solicitous), ‏منتبه (advertent, attentive, careful, mindful, observant), ‏حذر (admonish, advise, alert, alertness, be careful, be wise, beware, cagey, calculating, calculation, canny, care, careful, caution, cautious, cautiousness, chariness, chary, considerate, discreet, discreetness, discretion, exhort, fabian, forewarn, guard, guarded, guarding, leery, look behind, look out, lookout, mind, on the alert, on the lookout, prudence, prudent, safe, shy, shyness, sound an alarm, suspicious, take care, vigilance, vigilant, wariness, warn, wary, watch, wide awake). (various references)

Bulgarian		който се вслушва в, който взема под внимание, внимателен (affable, alert, attentive, careful, cautious, circumspect, considerate, delicate, guarded, intent, nice, precautious, scrupulous, thoughtful, ware, wary, watchful). (various references)

Chinese		注意 (Adverted, Advertent, Adverting, Attention, Heeded, Heeding, Noted, Noticed, Noticing, Noting). (various references)

Czech		pozorný (attentive, civil, considerate, courteous, intent, observant, observing, regardful, thoughtful). (various references)

Farsi		مواظب (Alert, Assiduous, Attendant, Attentive, Aware, Careful, Cautious, Shy, Tooter, Watchful, Watchman), متوجه (Attentive, Tendentious, Wistful). (various references)

Finnish		tarkkaavainen (attentive, observant, watchful). (various references)

French		attentif. (various references)

German		achtsam (attentive, careful, mindful, observant, observantly, regardful). (various references)

Greek		προσεκτικόσ (advertent, attentive, canny, careful, cautious, chary, chary of, close, mindful, observing, painstaking, precautious, regardful, tactful, thoughtful, wakeful, wary, watchful). (various references)

Hebrew		מתחשב (considerate, thoughtful), שם לב (observant). (various references)

Hungarian		óvatos (alert, be careful, cagey, cagy, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, conservative, discreet, fabian, guarded, prudent, reserved, stealthy, wary). (various references)

Italian		vigile (alert, fireman, observant, policeman, traffic policeman, vigil, vigilant, wakeful, watchful), cauto (cagey, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, deliberate, gingerly, safe, wary), attento (alert, attentive, careful, mindful, observant, observing). (various references)

Korean		주의깊은 (Careful). (various references)

Manx		geyre-hastagh (sagacious), frioosagh (advertent, attentive, careful, considerate, momentous, painstaker, thoughtful). (various references)

Pig Latin		eedfulhay

Portuguese		prudente (advised, canny, careful, cattish, cautious, chary, circumspective, discreet, far sighted, far-sightedly, forehanded, longstanding, non committal, politic, provident, prudent, prudential, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sensible, sound, wary, well advised, well-judged, wise, wizard), prestar atenção a (hear, note, notice, watch), cuidadoso (accurate, attentive, careful, chary, close, convinced, earnest, exact, gingerly, mature, metier, mindful, painstaking, regardful, safe, scrupulous, solicitous, thorough, tidy, tiptoe). (various references)

Romanian		prudent (careful, cautious, chary, deliberate, discreet, gingerly, prudent, safe, wary, well advised, wide awake), grijuliu (advertent, attentive, careful, cautious, chary, considerate, jealous, tender, thoughtful, wary), atent (advertent, alert, amiable, attentive, attentively, careful, carefully, close, closely, complaisant, considerate, courteous, curious, deliberately, delicate, intent, jealous, listening, mindfully, nice, observant, observantly, painstaking, regardful, searching, tender, watchful). (various references)

Russian		внимательный (attentive, careful, eye for detail, intent, mindful, nice observer, regardful, scrutinous, thoughtful), заботливый (careful, jealous, mindful, regardful, solicitous, studious). (various references)

Scottish		tùrail (sagacious, shrewd). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pažljiv (attentive, careful, considerate, mindful, regardful, thoughtful), obazriv (careful, cautious, circumspect, forethoughtful, prudent, thoughtful), brižljiv (careful, caring, painstaking). (various references)

Spanish		atento (alive, appreciative, appreciatory, attentive, careful, courteous, gallant, helpful, intent, obliging, polite, solicitous, thoughtful). (various references)

Swedish		uppmärksam (all eyes, attentive, aware, mindful, observant, regardful, watchful). (various references)

Turkish		ihtiyatlı (cagey, cautious, chary, deliberative, discreet, fabian, forethoughtful, guarded, politic, precautionary, provident, prudent, prudential, restrained, shy, temperate, undemonstrative, vigilant, waiting, wary, well advised), dikkatli (argus-eyed, assiduous, attentive, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, gingerly, intense, intent, mindful, particular, regardful, rigorous, scrupulous, sleepless, solicitous, studious, thoughtful, wary, watchful), özenli (assiduous, attentive, careful, elaborate, jealous, painstaking, regardful, scrupulous, thoughtful). (various references)

Ukranian		уважний (attent, attentive, careful, considerate, mindful, nice, observant, observative, observing, ponderate, thoughtful, watchful), обережний (alert, canny, careful, cautionary, cautious, chary, circumspect, circumspective, deliberate, discreet, fabian, gingerly, precautious, tender, up and coming, ware, wary, watchful), дбайливий (attentive, careful, considerate, diligent, mindful, regardful, respective, solicitous). (various references)

Vietnamese		lưu ý, chú ý (regardful), để ý. (various references)

Welsh		ystyriol (attentive, considerate, mindful). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	adtente, adtenti, adtentiore. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "heedful": heedfully, heedfulness, heedfulnesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Heedful" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eadulf, hyfil. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "heedful" (pronounced 'Heed"ful'): Abuseful, Affrightful, Aidful, Amazeful, Amendful, Annoyful, Armful, Artful, Assistful, Avengeful, Aviseful, Awful, Baleful, Baneful, Barful, Bashful, Bateful, Batful, Beamful, Behooveful, Beliefful, Blameful, Blissful, Blitheful, Blushful, Boastful, Boatful, Bodeful, Bookful, Breathful, Bretful, Brimful, Capful, Careful, Causeful, Chanceful, Changeful, Chargeful, Charmful, Cheerful, Choiceful, Complaintful, Contentful, Corruptful, Crimeful, Cropful, Cupful, Dareful, Darkful, Deathful, Debateful, Deceitful, Deedful, Delightful, Dernful, Desertful, Designful, Desireful, Despairful, Despiteful, Deviceful, Devoutful, Direful, Dirgeful, Discontentful, Discordful, Disdainful, Diseaseful, Disgraceful, Disgustful, Dishful, Dislikeful, Dismayful, Dispatchful, Disregardful, Disrespectful, Distasteful, Distractful, Distressful, Distrustful, Doleful, Doomful, Doubtful, Dreadful, Dreamful, Dueful, Dureful, Earnful, Easeful, Entreatful, Eventful, Exciteful, Eyeful, Faithful, Fateful, Faultful, Fearful, Feastful, Fenceful, Fiendful, Fishful, fitful, Foodful, forceful, forgetful, Formful, Fountful, Fraudful, fretful, frightful, Friskful, fruitful, gainful, Gameful, Gashful, Gaudful, Gazeful, Gerful, Ghastful, Gladful, Gleeful, graceful, grateful, Griefful, Gripeful, Groanful, Growthful, Grudgeful, Guardful, guileful, Gyreful, handful, Harangueful, harmful, hateful, Healful, healthful, helpful, Hoful, hopeful, hurtful, Increaseful, Intreatful, Inventful, ireful, Jestful, joyful, lapful, LAWFUL, Leapful, Leful, Lengthful, Leveful, Lifeful, Lightful, Listful, Loathful, Lossful, Loudful, Loveful, lustful, manful, Mastful, Mazeful, Meedful, Mightful, Milkful, mindful, mirthful, Mischanceful, Misdoubtful, Mistful, mistrustful, Moanful, Moistful, Molestful, Mopeful, Mournful, Mouthful, Museful, Needful, Neglectful, Nestful, Noiseful, Noteful, Noyful, Offenseful, Overawful, Overcareful, Overfruitful, Pailful, Painful, Panful, Pangful, Peaceful, Pestful, Pithful, Placeful, Plagueful, Plaintful, Plateful, Playful, Plotful, Prateful, Prayerful, Presageful, Pretenseful, Preyful, Prideful, Purseful, Quemeful, Rageful, Rapeful, Rashful, Rebukeful, Recourseful, refreshful, regardful, regretful, Reliefful, remindful, Remissful, remorseful, Renownful, reposeful, reproachful, Researchful, resentful, Resistful, resourceful, respectful, restful, Resultful, Retreatful, revengeful, rewardful, Rewful, rightful, Riskful, rueful, Rustful, Sapful, Scathful, Sceneful, Scentful, Schemeful, scornful, Senseful, Shadeful, shameful, Sheetful, Shendful, Shipful, Sightful, sinful, skilful, skillful, Skinful, Sleepful, Sleightful, Slightful, slothful, Sneerful, songful, Spaceful, spadeful, Spareful, Sparkful, Speechful, Speedful, Spellful, spiteful, Spitful, Spleenful, Spoilful, spoonful, Sportful, Sprightful, Startful, Stateful, Stealthful, Stickful, Stormful, Streamful, Strengthful, stressful, Strifeful, successful, Supportful, Surgeful, Suspectful, Swayful, tactful, Taleful, tasteful, tearful, Teemful, Teenful, Tentful, thankful, thoughtful, Threatful, Timeful, Toilful, Toothful, Topful, Tormentful, Toyful, Tradeful, Trayful, Treeful, Tressful, Trunkful, trustful, truthful, tubful, tuneful, Tureenful, unartful, Unbashful, Unblestful, unfaithful, unfruitful, ungraceful, ungrateful, unlawful, unskillful, unsuccessful, Untrustful, untruthful, Urnful, useful, Vatful, Vauntful, Vengeful, Voiceful, Wailful, Wakeful, Wareful, Warmful, Wasteful, Watchful, Wealful, Wealthful, Weepful, Weleful, Wileful, Willful, Wishful, Wistful, Witful, Workful, Worthful, Wrackful, Wrathful, Wrawful, Wreakful, Wreckful, Wretchful, Wrongful, Yardful, Yearnful, Youthful, Zealful. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-f-h-l-u"
	-1 letter: fueled.
	-2 letters: elude, feued, flued.
	-3 letters: dele, delf, duel, feed, feel, feud, fled, flee, flue, fuel, heed, heel, held, hued, leud, lude.
	-4 letters: dee, del, due, duh, edh, eel, eld, elf, fed, fee, feh, feu, flu, fud, hue, led, lee, leu.
	-5 letters: de, ed, ef, eh, el, he, uh.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-f-h-l-u"
	+2 letters: heedfully.
	+3 letters: bufflehead, reshuffled.
	+4 letters: blueshifted, buffleheads, heedfulness.
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