oblivious

Questions about oblivious

What does oblivious mean?

oblivious means "(followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in oblivious?

oblivious has 4 syllables: o-bliv-i-ous. The stress falls on "bliv". In IPA it is /əˈblɪviəs/.

What is another word for oblivious?

Close synonyms include unmindful, forgetful. 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 oblivious a common word?

oblivious 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.