Attentive and Distant

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Attentive adjective - Having the mind fixed on something.

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Distant is an antonym for attentive.

Nearby Words: attention, attentively

Distant adjective - Not close in time or space.

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Attentive is an antonym for distant.

Nearby Words: distance, distantly

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Distant and Attentive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attentive/distant

Attentive & Distant. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attentive/distant>.

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