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unwatchful
adjective as in inattentive
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in incautious
Weak matches
- any old way
- bold
- brash
- careless
- caught napping
- devil-may-care
- fast-and-loose
- foot-in-mouth
- hasty
- heedless
- hotheaded
- ill-advised
- ill-judged
- impetuous
- improvident
- imprudent
- impulsive
- inconsiderate
- indiscreet
- injudicious
- madcap
- neglectful
- negligent
- off guard
- pay no mind
- playing with fire
- precipitate
- rash
- reckless
- regardless
- sticking one's neck out
- thoughtless
- unalert
- unguarded
- unmindful
- unthinking
- unvigilant
- wary
- wide open
adjective as in off-guard
adjective as in unguarded
Strongest matches
adjective as in unheeding
Strong match
adjective as in unwary
adverb as in off-guard
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Example Sentences
But as time went on even John's unwatchful eye could not fail to notice that all was not well with his father.
If you are careless and unwatchful, the child's will will speedily assert itself.
To the unwatchful and the wicked the event will be as sudden and unexpected as the coming of a thief in the night.
We often are made to feel the force of this truth, when we have been unwatchful, and some cross occurrence has tried our tempers.
He seemed to be perfectly at ease, confident, deliberate, and unwatchful.
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On this page you'll find 198 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to unwatchful, such as: apathetic, bored, careless, distracted, distraught, and indifferent.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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