Dictionary

observant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /əbˈzɝvənt/ (General-American)
• /əbˈzɜːvənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French observant.

Meanings

1. Alert and paying close attention; watchful.
   • The observant police officer noticed that my tax disk was out-of-date.
2. Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful.
   • I was normally observant of the local parking restrictions.
   • We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle. 1644, Kenelme [i.e., Kenelm] Digby, Two Treatises. In the One of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the Other, the Nature of Mans Soule; is Looked into: In Way of Discovery, of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules, Paris: […] Gilles Blaizot, →OCLC:
   • They also profess Buddhism, but are not so observant of its customs, nor are there so many monasteries and Lamas to be met with as in the other part of Bhutan. 1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 13:
3. Practicing a religion.
   • She is an observant Catholic who goes to church regularly.

Forms

Antonyms

unobserving · nonobservant · inobservant · unobservant

Deriveds

unobservant · hyperobservant · nonobservant

Relateds

inobservant

Synonyms

religionary · devoutful · sanctimonious · practicing · godfearing · observant · practicing · piteous · sainted · pious · devout · religionary · godly · frum · pious · inward · heavenly-minded · Allah-fearing

Translations (35)

hu szabálykövető (diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle) · izh vilkas (alert and paying close attention) · pdt schneiw (alert and paying close attention) · fr observateur (alert and paying close attention) · ga súilaibí (alert and paying close attention) · fr perspicace (alert and paying close attention) · hu hívő (diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle) · hu szemfüles (alert and paying close attention) · hu odafigyelő (alert and paying close attention) · hu tiszteletben tartó (diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle) · bg бдителен (alert and paying close attention) · bg съблюдаващ (diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle) · hu vallásgyakorló (diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle) · bg наблюдателен (alert and paying close attention) · hu vallásos (diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle) · de aufmerksam (alert and paying close attention) · cmn 密切注意的 (alert and paying close attention) · pl uważny (alert and paying close attention) · hu figyelmes (alert and paying close attention) · lt pastabus (alert and paying close attention) · hu gyakorló (diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle) · el παρατηρητικός (alert and paying close attention) · cs všímavý (alert and paying close attention) · he חַד עַיִן (alert and paying close attention) · hu követő (diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle) · ro observator (alert and paying close attention) · hu betartó (diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle) · hu jó megfigyelő (alert and paying close attention) · uk спостере́жливий (alert and paying close attention) · hu éles szemű (alert and paying close attention) · bg спазващ (diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle) · hu megtartó (diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle) · pl spostrzegawczy (alert and paying close attention) · ru наблюдательный (alert and paying close attention) · fi tarkkaavainen (alert and paying close attention)