forgetful

forgetful is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.
2. adjective. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive.
3. adjective. Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious.
4. adjective. failing to keep in mind

   "forgetful of her responsibilities"

   "oblivious old age"

   Synonyms: oblivious

5. adjective. not mindful or attentive- G.B.Shaw

   "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"

   Synonyms: mindless, unmindful

6. adjective. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

   "a short memory"

   Synonyms: short, unretentive

Synonyms

oblivious, mindless, unmindful, short, unretentive

Common word forms

forgetfully, forgetfulness

Words from these letters

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