What are some opposite words for neglect?
Antonyms for neglect
nɪˈglɛktne·glect
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term neglect.
Wiktionary
neglectnoun
Synonyms:
negligence, carelessnessneglectnoun
To disregard or pay little attention to something.
Synonyms:
negligence, carelessnessneglectnoun
To fail to care for, or attend to something.
Synonyms:
carelessness, negligenceneglectverb
To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
Synonyms:
negligence, carelessness
English Synonyms and Antonyms
neglect
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, disregard, disrespect, failure, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, indifference, neglectfulness, negligence, omission, oversight, remissness, scorn, slackness, slight, thoughtlessnessPreposition:
Neglect of duty, of the child by the parent; there was neglect on the part of the teacher.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
neglectverb
Antonyms:
consider, respect, notice, observe, regard, esteem, tend, attend, foster, studySynonyms:
slight, overlook, omit, disregard, disesteem, despite, contemnneglectnoun
Antonyms:
attention, consideration, respect, notice, regard, esteemSynonyms:
negligence, disregard, omission, failure, default, slight, carelessness, remissness
Matched Categories
Princeton's WordNet
disregard, neglectnoun
lack of attention and due care
Antonyms:
take to heart, attend toSynonyms:
negligence, disregard, carelessness, disuse, nonperformance, neglectfulnessneglect, disusenoun
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
"the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
Antonyms:
take to heart, attend toSynonyms:
negligence, disregard, carelessness, disuse, neglectfulness, nonperformancedisregard, neglectnoun
willful lack of care and attention
Antonyms:
attend to, take to heartSynonyms:
negligence, disregard, carelessness, disuse, nonperformance, neglectfulnessnegligence, neglect, neglectfulnessnoun
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Antonyms:
attend to, take to heartSynonyms:
neglectfulness, carelessness, negligence, disuse, disregard, nonperformancenegligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformanceverb
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Antonyms:
attend to, take to heartSynonyms:
carelessness, disuse, neglectfulness, nonperformance, disregard, sloppiness, negligenceneglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleapverb
leave undone or leave out
"How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
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attend to, take to heartSynonyms:
unload, overleap, dribble, lose, drip, vault, send packing, drop off, dismiss, drop down, sink, fail, dominate, fell, degenerate, deteriorate, look out over, leave off, lack, ignore, leave out, throw, cast, cut down, pretermit, put down, take out, devolve, expend, exclude, dangle, send away, set down, flatten, look across, swing, cast off, strike down, throw off, escape, overtop, command, except, drop, shake off, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, look out on, miss, throw away, disregard, shed, omitfail, neglectverb
fail to do something; leave something undone
"She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
Antonyms:
attend to, take to heartSynonyms:
go, conk out, give way, overlook, flunk, bomb, betray, leave out, break down, die, omit, run out, break, overleap, flush it, drop, miscarry, miss, give out, ignore, fail, go wrong, pretermit, disregard, go badneglectverb
fail to attend to
"he neglects his children"
Antonyms:
take to heart, attend toSynonyms:
drop, omit, fail, miss, leave out, overleap, pretermit, disregard, overlook, ignoreneglect, ignore, disregardverb
give little or no attention to
"Disregard the errors"
Antonyms:
take to heart, attend toSynonyms:
miss, omit, brush aside, overlook, disregard, leave out, cut, discount, overleap, dismiss, drop, push aside, brush off, fail, snub, pretermit, ignore
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
neglectnoun
Synonyms:
disregard, omission, negligence, default, dereliction, remissness, oversightneglectverb
Editors Contribution
conspire
not together
people should not play roblox because it neglects your study
maintenance
it changes something
i had a neglect of school
Submitted by 5119982 on October 27, 2020navigate
we do not need to navigate we need to neglect. (i am a 5th grader)
we are going to neglect not navigate
ownership
the passive form or handing over ownership, or disowning rightful responsibility.
neglect of ownership for this project created chaos in the boardroom.
Submitted by rinat on November 5, 2015
How to use neglect in a sentence?
Suppression of expression conceals the real problems confronting a society and diverts public attention from the critical issues. It is likely to result in neglect of the grievances which are the actual basis of the unrest, and this prevent their correction.
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
I am alarmed by what appears to not only be multiple violations of both the State and Federal Constitutions, but also blatant government overreach by the school system, for anyone to conclude that a student's home is now school property because of connectivity through video conferencing is absurd... It is ludicrous for this All-American kid to be punished for taking responsible actions just as it is for his parents to be accused of neglect.
William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3:
Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.
Hearing from the relatives of people who have suffered abuse and neglect in nursing homes will be incredibly important and powerful, and also hearing from industry leaders and researchers and those who are engaged in nursing home oversight and accountability I think will be really important, the big challenge of abuse and neglect in nursing homes is, I think, it has been persistent over a number of years.
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