thoughtful
- adjective
- /ˈθɔtfl/
- Her thoughtful response showed that she had taken the time to reflect on the issue.
- a thoughtful analysis
- thoughtful consideration
- thoughtful reflection
She looked and she was all thoughtful and she cried and left.
- She looked and she was all thoughtful and she cried and left.
- It was always about pursuing it in a thoughtful kind of way.
- Or Joan Williams is, I think, very thoughtful, poignant criticism.
- This is very thoughtful about deeper spiritual issues.
- But they're so thoughtful, these questions and so insightful.
- And being thoughtful about life and how to navigate it.
- You know, you're not seeing thoughtful Breitbart, you're not seeing thoughtful progressives writing there, right.
- He became diplomatic and thoughtful and civilized.
- You know, I became, I became a thoughtful, deeply thoughtful human in English.
Examples
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She is a thoughtful young woman, and she is teaching for all the right reasons.
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In this study, we observed frequent interplay between effective team building and thoughtful technology integration.
Academic text (2015) -
Sent me this very thoughtful key chain.
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This is very, very thoughtful.
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You have a mind to rival my own, a mind that is thoughtful and wise.
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Our students truly achieve through serious, thoughtful assignments and internal rewards from honest efforts.
Academic text (1992) -
Indian democracy has also been well served by a thoughtful and elaborate constitution.
Academic text (1999) -
I had spent a quiet, thoughtful weekend walking in the wind and the alders.
Academic text (1992) -
So he was a thoughtful man with a hungry mind and a questioning intellect.
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Well, who could have guessed he'd be so thoughtful?
Synonyms
Needing a lot of effort or careful thought
A person who thinks carefully about ideas or feelings
To think carefully about your own feelings and thoughts
Thinking deeply and quietly in a calm way
Thinking deeply and quietly, often for a long time
Being quiet and deep in thought, often a little sad
Involving careful discussion and thought before making a decision
A person who thinks carefully and acts in a calm, sincere way
Thinking carefully to understand or solve something
Being quiet and thinking deeply about something
Antonyms
Compounds
How Reflective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thoughtful comes from the word thought (from an old English word meaning 'think') plus the ending -ful meaning 'full of'. So thoughtful means 'full of thought', which is why it describes someone serious and reflective.