Thoughtfulness

Definitions: Thoughtfulness

Thoughtfulness

Noun

1. A calm lengthy intent consideration.

2. Kind and considerate regard for others; "he showed no consideration for her feelings".

3. The trait of thinking carefully before acting.

4. A considerate and thoughtful act.

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

Synonyms: Thoughtfulness

Synonyms: considerateness (n), consideration (n), contemplation (n), meditation (n), musing (n), reflection (n), reflexion (n), rumination (n). (additional references)

Antonyms: inconsideration (n), unthoughtfulness (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Thought	Thoughtfulness; Adjective:
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Thoughtfulness

English words defined with "thoughtfulness": brown study ♦ contemplativeness ♦ deliberateness, deliberation ♦ introspectiveness ♦ light-fingered ♦ meditativeness ♦ nimble-fingered ♦ pensiveness ♦ thoughtfully. (references)

Specialty definitions using "thoughtfulness": Marriage ♦ Resurrection. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Don't Be Late!: Garfield Learns About Thoughtfulness (The Garfield Play 'N' Learn Library) (reference) Teaching for Thoughtfulness (reference) Thank You for Your Thoughtfulness (reference) The Tact of Teaching: The Meaning of Pedagogical Thoughtfulness (Suny Series in the Philosophy of Education) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Thoughtfulness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Thoughtfulness" is used about 44 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
Noun (singular)	100%	44	51,500

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "thoughtfulness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pamje e menduar. (various references)

Arabic		‏إكتراث, ‏إعتبار (account, consideration, esteem, estimation, horn, prestige, regard, respect, stature, status). (various references)

Chinese		有思想性. (various references)

Czech		taktnost (tact, tactfulness), pozornost (attention, consideration, courtesy), přemýšlivost, ohleduplnost (consideration), hloubavost. (various references)

Dutch		voorzorg (precautionary action), vooruitziende blik, bedachtzaamheid (composure, presence of mind, sobriety). (various references)

Esperanto		antaŭzorgo. (various references)

French		prévenance, préparatif, précaution, considération. (various references)

German		nachdenklichkeit (meditativeness, pensiveness, reflectiveness). (various references)

Greek		σκεπτικότησ, σκεπτικότητα, συλλογισμόσ (cogitation, pensiveness, ratiocination, reasoning, rumination, syllogism), προσοχή (advertence, attention, beware of, care, caution, circumspection, heed, intentness, note, notice, oyez, regard, wakefulness, watchfulness). (various references)

Hebrew		התחשבות (consideration, regard). (various references)

Hungarian		komolyság (earnestness, gravity, seriousness, severity, solemnity, staidness, sternness), elõzékenység (affability, civility, complaisance, courtesy, politeness). (various references)

Indonesian		keprihatinan. (various references)

Italian		pensosità (meditativeness), pensierosità, gentilezza (affability, blandness, civility, comity, courtesy, Favor, favour, gentleness, goodwill, kindliness, kindness, lovableness, urbanity). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		深慮 (careful, deliberate, prudence, thoughtful), 心配り (attention, consideration, exerting care), 心遣り (diversion, recreation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しんりょ (careful, deliberate, divine will, prudence, thoughtful), こころくばり (attention, consideration, exerting care), こころやり (diversion, recreation). (various references)

Manx		smooinaghtaght (seriousness), frioose (advertence, attention, attentiveness, consideration, heedfulness, importance, moment, thrift, thriftiness, value). (various references)

Pig Latin		oughtfulnessthay

Russian		задумчивость (muse, pensiveness, wistfulness). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		smotrenost (wariness), sklonost razmišljanju, pažljivost, ozbiljnost (earnestness, seriousness, severity, sternness). (various references)

Spanish		solicitud (application, care, demand, request, requisition, serviceableness, solicitude, thought), seriedad (demureness, graveness, gravity, responsibility, sedateness, seriousness, severity, sobriety, wholeheartedness), previsión (anticipation, farsightedness, forecast, foresight, forethought, prevision, Providence), consideración (advisement, consideration, deliberation, kindness, regard, respect, thought), clarividencia (afterlight, clairvoyance, clear-sightedness, farsightedness, second sight, vision), carácter reflexivo, atención (acuity, advertence, advertency, alertness, attention, attentiveness, beware, care, chariness, fore, heed, kindness, look out, notice, regard, solicitude). (various references)

Swedish		fundersamhet (hesitativeness). (various references)

Turkish		dikkatli olma (being careful, reck, vigilance), dalgınlık (absence, absence of mind, absent-mindedness, abstractedness, abstraction, Kef, pensiveness, reverie, vacancy, vacuity, wandering, woolgathering), düşüncelilik (rashness, sophistication), özen gösterme. (various references)

Vietnamese		tính thận trọng sự ân cần, tính chín chắn (maturity, steadiness), sự trầm tư, sự tư lự tính có suy nghĩ, sự quan tâm (consideration, interest), sự nghĩ ngợi (thinking), sự ngẫm nghĩ (cogitation, meditation, reffection, rumination, self-communion), sự lo lắng (fidgetiness, inquietude, worry). (various references)

Welsh		meddylgarwch. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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

Derivations
	Words beginning with "thoughtfulness": thoughtfulnesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "thoughtfulness": forethoughtfulness. (additional references)
	Words containing "thoughtfulness": forethoughtfulnesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Thoughtfulness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: thoughfulness, thoughtfullness. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "thoughtfulness" (pronounced thô"tfulnus)
7	-t f u l n u s	wastefulness, wistfulness.
6	-f u l n u s	awfulness, forcefulness, harmfulness, hopefulness, peacefulness, playfulness, resourcefulness, truthfulness, usefulness, wonderfulness.
5	-u l n u s	casualness, fickleness, gentleness, idleness.
4	-l n u s	coolness, dullness, foulness, fullness, illness, reasonableness, smallness, stillness, wellness, wholeness.
3	-n u s	abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forgiveness, forthrightness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopelessness, humanness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wetness, whiteness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, witness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-g-h-h-l-n-o-s-s-t-t-u-u"
	-3 letters: thoughtless.
	-4 letters: outhustles, thoughtful.
	-5 letters: glutenous, housefuls, nuthouses, outgushes, outhustle, slungshot, toughness, unthought.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-g-h-h-l-n-o-s-s-t-t-u-u"
	+2 letters: thoughtfulnesses.
	+4 letters: forethoughtfulness.
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