Synonyms and Antonyms of absentminded
- the grieving woman was so absentminded that she left her key in the lock after opening the door
absorbed, daydreaming, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, intent, pensive, rapt
heedless, inattentive, insensible, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unheeding, unknowing, unmindful, unperceptive, unthinking, unwary, unwitting, vacant
befogged, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, birdbrained, clueless, confused, dazed, flighty, foggy, forgetful, forgetting, hazy, muddled, scatterbrained, unfocused (also unfocussed)
- an absentminded aunt who some years sends me two birthday checks
absent, abstracted, lost, oblivious, preoccupied, unmindful
befogged, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confused, dazed, muddled, scatterbrained, unfocused (also unfocussed)
lax, neglectful, negligent, remiss, slack
careless, heedless, inconsiderate, thoughtless
inattentive, insensible, unaware, unconscious, unheeding, unknowing, unperceptive, unthinking