What does “heed” mean?
- 1
verbto pay attention to advice or a warning and act on it
She didn’t heed her doctor’s advice.
- 2
nounattention, used in “take heed” or “pay heed”
Pay no heed to the rumors.
Heed at a glance
- Part of speech
- verb & noun
- CEFR level
- C2 (proficient)
- Pronunciation
- /hid/ · HEED
How to use “heed” correctly
A formal word. “Go unheeded” means people ignored it: “The warnings went unheeded.”
Common phrases with “heed”
- heed a warning
- heed advice
- take heed
- pay heed to
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- listen to
- follow
- obey
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
- ignore
- disregard
Word family
- heedless
- unheeded
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