The thoughtful student noticed her lab partner was struggling and quietly offered to share her notes on the complex experiment.
那位体贴的学生注意到她的实验伙伴有困难，便悄悄主动分享关于复杂实验的笔记。
While gift-giving is often assumed to strengthen relationships regardless of the gift's cost, several studies have found that thoughtfulness—how well a gift reflects the recipient's specific interests—predicts recipient satisfaction far more strongly than the gift's monetary value does.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
Political scientist Henrik Aasland argues that citizen assemblies, in which randomly selected residents deliberate on policy questions, produce more thoughtful recommendations than standard public comment periods.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “thoughtful”?
A — Showing consideration for others. “thoughtful” means showing consideration for others.
Which word means “showing consideration for others”?
B — thoughtful. “thoughtful” means showing consideration for others.
thoughtful — showing consideration for others. In Chinese: 体贴的，考虑周到的.
thoughtful is pronounced /ˈθɔtfəl/.
The thoughtful student noticed her lab partner was struggling and quietly offered to share her notes on the complex experiment. (那位体贴的学生注意到她的实验伙伴有困难，便悄悄主动分享关于复杂实验的笔记。)
considerate, attentive, caring — all close in meaning to thoughtful (showing consideration for others).
thoughtless, inconsiderate — each the opposite of thoughtful (showing consideration for others).
Yes. thoughtful is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.