attention span

Noun

Meaning

the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

care note respect concentration regard observation consciousness consideration notice ear observance heed diligence earnestness thought
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Antonyms

negligence indifference boredom apathy coldness coolness
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Hypernyms

span

Examples

According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes. Robert Fripp

Well, his attention span was not long, shall we say. Lauren Bacall

I didn't care for beat reporting, covering the same thing day after day - short attention span. Charles Portis

I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that. Octavia Butler

People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick. Scott Westerfeld

As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with my writing. If I get bored writing something, I pity the people who will then try to read it. John Scalzi

Close letter words and terms

attention grabber attention of attention seeker attention to attention to detail attention whore