Attentive and Taken up

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Attentive adjective - Having the mind fixed on something.

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Taken up is an antonym for attentive.

Nearby Words: attention, attentively

Taken up adjective - Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something.

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Attentive is an antonym for taken up in distracted topic.

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Taken up and Attentive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attentive/taken_up

Attentive & Taken up. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attentive/taken_up>.

Taken up or Attentive. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/attentive/taken_up.

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