Synonyms and Antonyms of solicitous
1
given to or made with heedful anticipation of the needs and happiness of others
- a most solicitous husband, he had already cleaned the house and cooked dinner by the time his wife returned home from work
brotherly, good, good-hearted, helpful, hospitable, kindhearted, kindly, neighborly, nice
caring, compassionate, sympathetic, tender
chivalrous, courteous, courtly, gallant, gracious, polite
diplomatic, tactful
deferential, dutiful, obliging, regardful, respectful
altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, benignant, humane, selfless, unselfish
charitable, generous, magnanimous
inattentive, uncaring, unheeding
inhospitable, unkind, unkindly
ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, rude, uncivil, unmannerly
unhelpful
malevolent, malicious, mean, spiteful
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showing urgent desire or interest
- a family that is solicitous to put this whole unfortunate affair behind them and to move on with their lives
agog, antsy, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, crazy, desirous, eager, enthused, enthusiastic, excited, geeked [slang], great, greedy, gung ho, hepped up, hopped-up, hot, hungry, impatient, juiced, keen, nuts, pumped, raring, stoked [slang], thirsty, voracious, wild
engaged, interested
happy, hung up, obsessed
ambitious, appetent, covetous, craving, hankering, longing, pining
breathless, restive, restless
amenable, disposed, game, glad, inclined, ready, unreluctant, willing
casual, incurious, insouciant, nonchalant, unconcerned, uninterested
aloof, detached, disinterested
impassive, stolid
halfhearted, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, lukewarm, spiritless
averse, disinclined, hesitant, loath (also loth), reluctant, unwilling
