attentive Add to list Share. Use the adjective attentive to describe someone who is alert and paying attention: “Attentive observers of the play used clues given in the first scenes of the play to guess the identity of the murderer.” You probably notice that the word attentive looks a lot like the noun attention.

Is attention a noun verb or adjective?

noun. /əˈtɛnʃn/ listening/looking carefully. [uncountable] the act of listening to, looking at, or thinking about something or someone carefully the report's attention to detail He turned his attention back to the road again. Small children have a very short attention span.

Is attention a verb or noun?

ATTENTION (noun) definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary.