Synonyms for NEGLECT
nɪˈglɛktne·glect

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1. neglectnoun

   Synonyms:
   negligence, carelessness

2. neglectnoun

   To disregard or pay little attention to something.

   Synonyms:
   negligence, carelessness

3. neglectnoun

   To fail to care for, or attend to something.

   Synonyms:
   carelessness, negligence

4. neglectverb

   To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.

   Synonyms:
   negligence, carelessness

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1. 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, thoughtlessness

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

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1. neglectverb

   Synonyms:
   slight, overlook, omit, disregard, disesteem, despite, contemn

   Antonyms:
   consider, respect, notice, observe, regard, esteem, tend, attend, foster, study

2. neglectnoun

   Synonyms:
   negligence, disregard, omission, failure, default, slight, carelessness, remissness

   Antonyms:
   attention, consideration, respect, notice, regard, esteem

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1. disregard, neglectnoun

   lack of attention and due care

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

   Antonyms:
   take to heart, attend to

2. neglect, disusenoun

   the state of something that has been unused and neglected

   "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"

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

   Antonyms:
   take to heart, attend to

3. disregard, neglectnoun

   willful lack of care and attention

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

   Antonyms:
   attend to, take to heart

4. negligence, neglect, neglectfulnessnoun

   the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

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

   Antonyms:
   attend to, take to heart

5. negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformanceverb

   failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

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

   Antonyms:
   attend to, take to heart

6. neglect, 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"

   Synonyms:
   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, neglect, overtop, command, except, drop, shake off, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, look out on, miss, throw away, disregard, shed, omit

   Antonyms:
   attend to, take to heart

7. fail, 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"

   Synonyms:
   go, conk out, give way, overlook, flunk, bomb, betray, leave out, break down, die, omit, neglect, run out, break, overleap, flush it, drop, miscarry, miss, give out, ignore, fail, go wrong, pretermit, disregard, go bad

   Antonyms:
   attend to, take to heart

8. neglectverb

   fail to attend to

   "he neglects his children"

   Synonyms:
   drop, omit, fail, miss, leave out, overleap, pretermit, disregard, overlook, ignore

   Antonyms:
   take to heart, attend to

9. neglect, ignore, disregardverb

   give little or no attention to

   "Disregard the errors"

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

   Antonyms:
   take to heart, attend to

Matched Categories

1. • Carelessness
   • Decline
   • Inattention
   • Mistreatment

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1. neglectverb

   Synonyms:
   omit, leave out, pass over

2. neglectverb

   Synonyms:
   disregard, slight, contemn, overlook, pay no heed to, pay no regard to, leave out of view, leave on one side, not care a straw for

3. neglectnoun

   Synonyms:
   omission (of a particular act of duty), failure, default, NEGLIGENCE, remissness

4. neglectnoun

   Synonyms:
   slight, disregard, disrespect

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1. neglectnoun

   Synonyms:
   disregard, omission, negligence, default, dereliction, remissness, oversight

2. neglectverb

   Synonyms:
   disregard, slight, overlook, ignore, omit

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1. List of paraphrases for "neglect":

   negligence, abandonment, carelessness, overlook, ignore, negligent, dropout, disregard, drop-out, desertion, oblivion, neglected, indifference, ignored, overlooked, omission, forget, neglects, malpractice

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How to use NEGLECT in a sentence?

1. J. K. Rowling:

   Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

2. Robert Sege:

   Most child abuse is caused by neglect, and physical abuse doesn't always cause a kind of serious injury that requires hospitalization.

3. Peterson Lent:

   We find that often the children are the priority, if the grandparent has a doctor’s appointment but something comes up with the child, they’re often going to neglect their own health needs and prioritize the needs of the children.

4. Richard Whately:

   It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

5. Robert Lowery:

   Our frustration is, we deal with a very desensitized public, the natural inclination (about a runaway) is the child's behavioral problem is why they've left. We also see significant numbers of runway children who are running away from a situation, whether it's abuse or neglect or sexual abuse in the home. These children face unique risks when they're gone so we applaud the conversation and we applaud the attention that this issue is being given.