Antonyms for disregard
ˌdɪs rɪˈgɑrddis·re·gard

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. disregard

   Neglect (Latin nec, not, and lego, gather) is the failing to take such care, show such attention, pay such courtesy, etc., as may be rightfully or reasonably expected. Negligence, which is the same in origin, may be used in almost the same sense, but with a slighter force, as when Whittier speaks of "the negligence which friendship loves;" but negligence is often used to denote the quality or trait of character of which the act is a manifestation, or to denote the habit of neglecting that which ought to be done. Neglect is transitive, negligence is intransitive; we speak of neglect of his books, friends, or duties, in which cases we could not use negligence; negligence in dress implies want of care as to its arrangement, tidiness, etc.; neglect of one's garments would imply leaving them exposed to defacement or injury, as by dust, moths, etc. Neglect has a passive sense which negligence has not; the child was suffering from neglect, i. e., from being neglected by others; the child was suffering from negligence would imply that he himself was neglectful. The distinction sometimes made that neglect denotes the act, and negligence the habit, is but partially true; one may be guilty of habitual neglect of duty; the wife may suffer from her husband's constant neglect, while the negligence which causes a railroad accident may be that of a moment, and on the part of one ordinarily careful and attentive; in such cases the law provides punishment for criminal negligence.

   See synonyms for CARE.

   Synonyms:
   carelessness, default, disrespect, failure, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, indifference, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, omission, oversight, remissness, scorn, slackness, slight, thoughtlessness

   Preposition:
   Neglect of duty, of the child by the parent; there was neglect on the part of the teacher.

Matched Categories

1. • Inattention
   • Treat

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. disregard, neglectnoun

   lack of attention and due care

   Synonyms:
   negligence, carelessness, disuse, neglect, nonperformance, neglectfulness

2. disregard, neglectverb

   willful lack of care and attention

   Synonyms:
   negligence, carelessness, disuse, neglect, nonperformance, neglectfulness

3. ignore, disregard, snub, cutverb

   refuse to acknowledge

   "She cut him dead at the meeting"

   Synonyms:
   foreshorten, veer, bring down, snub, turn off, burn, rationalize, hack, dismiss, write out, prune, thin, rebuff, cut, repel, slue, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, shorten, edit out, brush off, edit, thin out, cut down, skip, neglect, abridge, reduce, rationalise, discount, cut off, push aside, curve, switch off, sheer, make out, contract, trim down, slew, tailor, turn out, dilute, brush aside, issue, cut back, abbreviate, trend, geld

4. dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignoreverb

   bar from attention or consideration

   "She dismissed his advances"

   Synonyms:
   neglect, send away, snub, throw out, give the sack, usher out, brush aside, sack, drop, discount, send packing, cut, force out, dismiss, displace, can, push aside, ignore, brush off, give notice, terminate, dissolve, give the axe, fire, push away

5. neglect, ignore, disregardverb

   give little or no attention to

   "Disregard the errors"

   Synonyms:
   miss, omit, brush aside, overlook, leave out, cut, discount, overleap, dismiss, drop, push aside, brush off, neglect, fail, snub, pretermit, ignore

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disregardnoun

   Synonyms:
   indifference, ignoration, slight, neglect, disesteem, inattention, oversight

2. disregardverb

   Synonyms:
   ignore, slight, contemn, overlook, disobey

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. peruse

   pay no attention to; ignore

   she had no disregard when looking over her test

   Submitted by anonymous on October 6, 2019  

How to use disregard in a sentence?

1. Alex Jones:

   The Court finds that Defendants' discovery conduct in this case is the result of flagrant bad faith and callous disregard for the responsibilities of discovery under the rules.

2. Philip Luther:

   Palestinian armed groups, including the armed wing of Hamas, repeatedly launched unlawful attacks during the conflict killing and injuring civilians, in launching these attacks, they displayed a flagrant disregard for international humanitarian law and for the consequences of their violations on civilians in both Israel and the Gaza Strip.

3. Amnesty International:

   The flogging of Raif Badawi is a vicious act of cruelty which is prohibited under international law, by ignoring international calls to cancel the flogging Saudi Arabia's authorities have demonstrated an abhorrent disregard for the most basic human rights principles.

4. W. E. B. Du Bois:

   It is the growing custom to narrow control, concentrate power, disregard and disfranchise the public; and assuming that certain powers by divine right of money-raising or by sheer assumption, have the power to do as they think best without consulting the wisdom of mankind.

5. Brian Kammer:

   The intellectual disability community, which has strongly supported Mr. Hill's case for many years, joined his legal team in the belief that the Supreme Court would step in and prevent Georgia's flagrant disregard of the Constitution on behalf of the rights of people with disabilities.

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