Thesaurus:careless

Thesaurus

careless

English

Adjective

Sense: not giving sufficient attention or thought

Synonyms

• careless
• heedless
• irregardless
• irrespective
• negligent
• reckless    [⇒ thesaurus]
• regardless    [⇒ thesaurus]
• slapdash
• sloppy
• slovenly
• slipshod

Antonyms

• meticulous    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “460. neglect” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “careless” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• sloppy, careless, negligent, slapdash, slovenly, slipshod at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.