- attitude
- nounADJECTIVE▪ carefree, good, healthy, positive, right, upbeat▪
I try to have a healthy, positive attitude to life.
▪She seems to have the right attitude for the job.
▪ conciliatory, favourable/favorable, friendly, sympathetic▪ bad, negative, wrong▪ aggressive, belligerent, critical, hostile, racist▪ arrogant, cavalier, cocky, condescending, dismissive, patronizing▪She shares his somewhat cavalier attitude to the law (= does not take it as seriously as she should).
▪ casual, flexible, irreverent, laid-back, laissez-faire, lax, liberal, nonchalant, permissive, relaxed, tolerant, wait-and-see (esp. AmE)▪The teachers seem to have a very relaxed attitude to discipline.
▪ responsible, serious▪ conservative, inflexible, rigid, uncompromising (esp. BrE)▪ ambivalent▪ changing▪ general, prevailing, public▪The general attitude of the public is sympathetic.
▪ cultural, mental, moral, racial, sexual▪ parental▪ social, societal (esp. AmE)▪Newspapers reflect social attitudes.
VERB + ATTITUDE▪ adopt, cultivate, have, maintain, take▪The government has taken a positive attitude to this problem.
▪Sometimes it's essential for doctors to cultivate a detached attitude.
▪ display, express▪He displayed a condescending attitude towards/toward his co-workers.
▪ change, influence, shape▪The experience changed his attitude to religion.
▪ reflect▪The policy reflects a caring attitude towards/toward employees.
▪ foster, instil/instill, reinforce▪efforts to foster positive attitudes to learning
▪ give▪Don't give me any attitude (= don't treat me disrespectfully)!
ATTITUDE + VERB▪ exist, persist, prevail▪This sort of attitude exists among certain groups of people.
▪ permeate sth, pervade sth▪A playful attitude pervades all his work.
▪ change, shiftATTITUDE + NOUN▪ problem▪At school he was thought to have an attitude problem.
▪ adjustment, shift (both esp. AmE)▪Changing conditions require an attitude adjustment on the part of business.
PREPOSITION▪ attitude about▪changing attitudes about death
▪ attitude of▪an attitude of confidence and trust
▪Youth is simply an attitude of mind.
▪ attitude to, attitude towards/toward▪There has been a marked change in attitude towards/toward the war.
PHRASES▪ a change in attitude, a change of attitude▪ with attitude (= having a confident, aggressive attitude that challenges what people think) (informal)▪a rock band with attitude
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
