forgetful

Questions about forgetful

What does forgetful mean?

forgetful means "(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in forgetful?

forgetful has 3 syllables: for-get-ful. The stress falls on "get". In IPA it is /fɔɹˈɡɛtfəl/.

What is another word for forgetful?

Close synonyms include unretentive, short, unmindful, mindless, oblivious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is forgetful a common word?

forgetful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.