amnesiac

adjective

variants or amnesic
as in senile

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Recent Examples of amnesiac After a major amnesic event, Logan (Liam McIntyre) joins his former mutant black ops group, Team X, which includes Nathaniel Essex, Mystique, and Sabretooth, to stop billionaire industrialist (and major mutant hater) Bolivar Trask. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 July 2026 Domoic acid is a neurotoxin produced by certain algae that can accumulate in shellfish and cause amnesic shellfish poisoning in humans. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amnesiac
  1. senile
  2. dazed
  3. bewildered
  4. oblivious
  5. preoccupied
  6. lost
  7. forgetful
  8. unmindful
Adjective
  • Not long ago, a senile American president’s plan to lead democracies in a battle with autocracies was being applauded by post-1989 Atlanticists such as Anne Applebaum and Adam Michnik.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • They are being given directions by a senile old man who is losing his mind.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of senile
Adjective
  • When the dazed young woman reels off quotes from an obscure self-help book, her new acolytes take her words as gnomic wisdom.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The cops arrived hours past midnight, turning on the lights to reveal an army of dazed, squinting faces.
    — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of dazed
Adjective
  • That bewildered shake of the head after Meyer's pitch in that video is not a rare occurrence for Raleigh this year.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • On Douban, a popular Chinese movie-review platform, viewers piled on with mocking and bewildered comments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of bewildered
Adjective
  • The platforms at the center of this problem aren’t oblivious to it.
    — Nirav Tolia, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Related Stories An opening montage finds the historic metropolis full of people lost in their own individual worlds, digitally connected yet oblivious to the offscreen reality around them.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of oblivious
Adjective
  • To this, Lawrence points out that Haymitch is pretty preoccupied with surviving his next few days in the Capitol.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Aug. 2026
  • They are increasingly preoccupied with internal issues and have cut weak states loose.
    — Eghosa E. Osaghae, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of preoccupied
Adjective
  • By her mid 20s Meriwether was pitching an ahead-of-its-time TV series called Sluts—a kind of lost precursor to Girls—and the screenplay Fuckbuddies, which became the romantic comedy No Strings Attached.
    — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Soto returning from an injury late in a lost season could help set a tone for next year.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of lost
Adjective
  • Indi Star plays Violet Angel, who grew up on a farm and recently suffered a head injury due to a fall on her dad’s tractor, which leads to some comically forgetful moments.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
  • But even aside from my personal brush with the ex-factor, everyone appears to be a little forgetful right now.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 15 July 2026
Definition of forgetful
Adjective
  • Kendall took off his shirt, unmindful of the scar slashing down his torso.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • To do this, Moments of Space is centered around Tibetan Dzogchen techniques, which emphasises mindfulness over the unconsciousness practice (unmindful thinking and feeling) many other apps focus on.
    — Georgia Day, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
Definition of unmindful

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“Amnesiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amnesiac. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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