heed
To pay careful attention to advice or a warning.
heed in a sentence
- Sam heeded the lifeguard's warning and stayed out of the deep water.
- Heed the farmer's sign and shut the gate, or the sheep will wander onto the road.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to heed?
- Aforget
- Bdisregard
- Cignore
- Dmind
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D: mind. The other three mean the opposite of heed.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to heed?
- Amind
- Bfollow
- Cobey
- Dignore
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D: ignore. The other three mean nearly the same as heed.
Words that mean something similar
mind, obey, follow
Words that mean the opposite
ignore, disregard, forget
More words about thinking & learning
- ignorant: Not knowing about something, often because you have not been told or taught.
- illusion: Something that tricks your eyes or mind into believing what is not real.
- imaginative: Full of new and clever ideas.
- immerse: To put something completely under a liquid, or to get lost in an activity.
- improvise: To make or do something on the spot without preparing.
- infer: To work out something that has not been said directly.
- ingenious: Very clever and full of smart ideas.
- inquisitive: Always wanting to find things out.
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test