Synonyms for care
kɛərcare

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1. care

   Care concerns what we possess; anxiety, often, what we do not; riches bring many cares; poverty brings many anxieties. Care also signifies watchful attention, in view of possible harm; as, "This side up with care;" "Take care of yourself;" or, as a sharp warning, "Take care!" Caution has a sense of possible harm and risk only to be escaped, if at all, by careful deliberation and observation. Care inclines to the positive, caution to the negative; care is shown in doing, caution largely in not doing. Precaution is allied with care, prudence with caution; a man rides a dangerous horse with care; caution will keep him from mounting the horse; precaution looks to the saddle-girths, bit and bridle, and all that may make the rider secure. Circumspection is watchful observation and calculation, but without the timidity implied in caution. Concern denotes a serious interest, milder than anxiety; as, concern for the safety of a ship at sea. Heed implies attention without disquiet; it is now largely displaced by attention and care. Solicitude involves especially the element of desire, not expressed in anxiety, and of hopefulness, not implied in care. A parent feels constant solicitude for his children's welfare, anxiety as to dangers that threaten it, with care to guard against them. Watchfulness recognizes the possibility of danger, wariness the probability. A man who is not influenced by caution to keep out of danger may display great wariness in the midst of it. Care has also the sense of responsibility, with possible control, as expressed in charge, management, oversight; as, these children are under my care; send the money to me in care of the firm. Compare ALARM; ANXIETY; PRUDENCE.

   Synonyms:
   anxiety, attention, caution, charge, circumspection, concern, direction, forethought, heed, management, oversight, perplexity, precaution, prudence, solicitude, trouble, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness, worry

   Antonyms:
   carelessness, disregard, heedlessness, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, omission, oversight, recklessness, remissness, slight

   Preposition:
   Take care of the house; for the future; about the matter.

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1. care

   Synonyms:
   attention, pains, anxiety, concern, trouble, circumspection, regard, solicitude, caution, prevention, custody, preservation, thrift, heed, foresight, wariness, economy, prudence

   Antonyms:
   inattention, neglect, disregard, carelessness, indifference, temerity, remissness, improvidence, unguardedness, incaution

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1. care, attention, aid, tendingnoun

   the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

   "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"

   Synonyms:
   assist, attending, financial aid, aid, tending, upkeep, assistance, precaution, forethought, caution, concern, help, charge, economic aid, tutelage, guardianship, maintenance, attention, fear

2. caution, precaution, care, forethoughtnoun

   judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger

   "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"

   Synonyms:
   circumspection, precaution, aid, tending, upkeep, guard, caveat, forethought, caution, cautiousness, concern, premeditation, charge, safeguard, tutelage, guardianship, carefulness, maintenance, attention, fear

3. concern, care, fearnoun

   an anxious feeling

   "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"

   Synonyms:
   headache, business concern, fright, business organisation, aid, worry, tending, fearfulness, upkeep, business organization, veneration, precaution, forethought, caution, awe, reverence, charge, tutelage, guardianship, business, vexation, maintenance, attention, concern, fear

4. carenoun

   a cause for feeling concern

   "his major care was the illness of his wife"

   Synonyms:
   aid, guardianship, fear, attention, precaution, tutelage, upkeep, concern, caution, forethought, maintenance, charge, tending

5. care, charge, tutelage, guardianshipnoun

   attention and management implying responsibility for safety

   "he is in the care of a bodyguard"

   Synonyms:
   fear, keeping, accusation, commission, electric charge, explosive charge, tutorship, burster, caution, concern, complaint, kick, tending, heraldic bearing, billing, cathexis, maintenance, aid, tutelage, forethought, boot, bursting charge, armorial bearing, guardianship, direction, charge, safekeeping, bearing, flush, attention, thrill, rush, precaution, bang, tuition, mission, upkeep

6. care, maintenance, upkeepverb

   activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

   "he wrote the manual on car care"

   Synonyms:
   sustentation, sustainment, criminal maintenance, aid, tending, upkeep, precaution, forethought, caution, concern, sustenance, charge, tutelage, guardianship, alimony, maintenance, attention, fear

7. careverb

   feel concern or interest

   "I really care about my work"; "I don't care"

   Synonyms:
   manage, deal, give care, worry, like, wish, handle

8. care, give careverb

   provide care for

   "The nurse was caring for the wounded"

   Synonyms:
   deal, wish, like, give care, handle, manage, worry

9. wish, care, likeverb

   prefer or wish to do something

   "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?"

   Synonyms:
   bid, wish well, wish, like, give care, handle, manage, worry, deal

10. manage, deal, care, handleverb

    be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

    "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"

    Synonyms:
    wish, divvy up, shell out, give care, plow, carry on, bring off, lot, apportion, dish out, deal out, allot, portion out, wield, consider, take, treat, share, dispense, dole out, finagle, grapple, administer, pull off, deal, supervise, parcel out, trade, manage, contend, do, address, oversee, make out, worry, mete out, negociate, like, distribute, do by, handle, conduct, cover, palm, sell, cope, wangle, make do, get by, superintend, look at, carry off

11. worry, careverb

    be concerned with

    "I worry about my grades"

    Synonyms:
    worry, deal, wish, like, concern, vex, give care, handle, manage, occupy, interest

Matched Categories

1. • Anxiety
   • Control
   • Desire
   • Judiciousness
   • Mind
   • Predicament
   • Protection
   • Sympathize With
   • Work

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1. carenoun

   Synonyms:
   anxiety, carefulness, solicitude, concern, trouble, perplexity

2. carenoun

   Synonyms:
   caution, heed, regard, attention, circumspection, watchfulness, vigilance

3. carenoun

   Synonyms:
   charge, oversight, superintendence, direction, management

4. careverb

   Synonyms:
   be anxious, be solicitous, feel concerned, be troubled, worry one's self

5. careverb

   Synonyms:
   be inclined, be disposed

6. careverb

   Synonyms:
   have regard

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1. carenoun

   Synonyms:
   concern, anxiety, worry, apprehension, oversight, charge, management, tutelage, custody, ward, charge, protégé, responsibility, attention, heed, caution, regard, circumspection, carefulness

   Antonyms:
   carelessness

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1. List of paraphrases for "care":

   attention, caring, treatment, caregiving, soins, nursing, assistance, healthcare, welfare, caution, health-care, custody, diligence, services, kiir, guard, protection, health, guardianship, aid, childcare, conservation, nurturance, cure, kirr, cair, prudence, concern, atención, zorg, focus

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1. Shelley Clark:

   Having older siblings help with child care is very common in most low-income settings. Although older brothers may also help with child care, the burden of child care seems to be more detrimental for older sisters, we find that female adolescents living in the household are twice as likely to be attending high school if the mother uses day care than if she does not use day care.

2. David Levine:

   Although virtual urgent care and in-person urgent care have not been compared head-to-head, virtual urgent care has its downsides – indirect physical exam, difficult access to testing, and unclear follow-up, while the quality of care is not perfect anywhere, a patient’s primary care doctor should be a person’s first point of contact.

3. Chamath Palihapitiya:

   That’s not caring. … I care about the fact that our economy can turn on a dime if China invades Taiwan. I care about climate change. I care about America’s crippling and decrepit health care infrastructure. But if you ask me do I care about a segment of a class of people in another country ? Not until we can take care of ourselves will I prioritize them over us, and I think a lot of people believe that, and I ’m sorry if that’s a hard truth to hear, but every time I say that I ‘ care about the Uyghurs ’, I ’m really just lying if I do n’t really care, and so I rather not lie to you and tell you the truth. It’s not a priority for me.

4. Susan Rice:

   Child care and long-term care systems in this country just don’t work well – high quality care is costly to deliver, it’s labor intensive, it requires skilled workers, yet care workers – who are disproportionately women and women of color and immigrants – are among the lowest paid in the country, despite working in some of the most important and complex and demanding jobs. At the same time, the price of care represents an outside share of family’s budget, with child care prices up 26% in just the last decade and long-term care costs up nearly 40%.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well. He has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun.