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| Main Entry: | neglect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disregard |
| Synonyms: | carelessness, coolness, delinquency, disdain, disrespect, inadvertence, inattention, indifference, laxity, oversight, scorn, slight, thoughtlessness, unconcern, disregardance, heedlessness, inconsideration, laxness |
| Antonyms: | care, obedience, observance, regard, respect, watchfulness |
| Main Entry: | neglect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be indifferent, leave alone |
| Synonyms: | affront, brush aside, brush off, condemn, depreciate, despise, detest, discount, disdain, dismiss, disregard, have nothing to do with, ignore, keep at arm's length, keep one's distance, laugh off, let go, live with, make light of, not care for, overlook, pass by, pass over, pass up, pay no attention to, pay no mind, pretermit, rebuff, reject, scant, scorn, shrug off, slight, slur, spurn, tune out, underestimate |
| Antonyms: | cherish, concern, guard, nurture, protect, take care of, watch |
| Main Entry: | neglect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure, default |
| Synonyms: | carelessness, chaos, delay, delinquency, dereliction, dilapidation, forgetfulness, lapse, laxity, limbo, negligence, omission, oversight, laxness, neglectfulness, pretermission, remissness, slackness, slovenliness |
| Antonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, completion, finish, success |
| Main Entry: | neglect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail to do; forget |
| Synonyms: | bypass, defer, discard, dismiss, disregard, elide, evade, miss, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, postpone, procrastinate, shirk, skimp, skip, suspend, trifle, be careless, be derelict, be irresponsible, be negligent, be remiss, gloss over*, let pass, let slide, look the other way, lose sight of, not trouble oneself, overleap, think little of |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, complete, do, finish, succeed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore |
| Synonyms: | bypass, condone, connive, cushion, discount, disregard, fail, forget, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass by, slight, turn a blind eye |
| Antonyms: | attend, be aware, pay attention |
| Main Entry: | breach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violation of a law |
| Synonyms: | delinquency, dereliction, disobedience, disregard, infraction, infringement, neglect, noncompliance, offense, transgression, trespass, violation, barratry, contravention, nonobservance |
| Notes: | breach is an infraction, gap, or break; breech is the rear or lower portion of things |
| Antonyms: | upholding |
| Main Entry: | bypass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid |
| Synonyms: | circumvent, detour, finesse, ignore, neglect, omit, outflank, sidestep, skirt, blink at, burke, circumnavigate, depart from, deviate from, get around, go around, go around the barn, let go, pass around, take back road, wink at |
| Main Entry: | contempt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disdain, disrespect |
| Synonyms: | antipathy, audacity, aversion, condescension, contumely, defiance, derision, despite, disregard, distaste, hatred, indignity, malice, mockery, neglect, repugnance, ridicule, scorn, slight, snobbery, stubbornness, despisal, despisement, disesteem, recalcitrance |
| Antonyms: | admiration, affection, approbation, approval, endorsement, love, regard, respect, sanction |
| Main Entry: | default |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure; want |
| Synonyms: | absence, blemish, blunder, dearth, defect, deficiency, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, imperfection, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, miss, neglect, nonpayment, offense, omission, oversight, privation, shortcoming, slight, transgression, vice, weakness, wrongdoing, overlooking |
| Antonyms: | advantage, payment, perfection, satisfaction, success |
| Main Entry: | default |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dodge payment |
| Synonyms: | bilk, defraud, dishonor, evade, fail, neglect, rat*, repudiate, shirk, skate*, skip, stiff*, swindle, welsh, leave town, meet under arch, put on the cuff, run out on, see in the alley, skip out on, welch |
| Antonyms: | pay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deficiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imperfection, inadequacy |
| Synonyms: | absence, bug*, dearth, default, defect, deficit, demerit, dereliction, failing, failure, fault, flaw, frailty, glitch*, insufficiency, lack, loss, need, neglect, paucity, privation, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, sin, want, weakness, defalcation, inability to hack it, insufficience, scantiness |
| Antonyms: | adequacy, enough, perfection, plenty, satisfaction, sufficiency, superfluity, faultlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delinquency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misconduct |
| Synonyms: | crime, default, dereliction, failure, fault, lapse, misbehavior, misdeed, misdemeanor, neglect, offense, oversight, weakness, wrongdoing, nonfeasance, nonobservance |
| Antonyms: | good behavior |
| Main Entry: | despise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look down on |
| Synonyms: | abhor, abominate, contemn, deride, detest, disdain, disregard, eschew, execrate, flout, hate, loathe, neglect, put down*, reject, renounce, repudiate, revile, scorn, shun, slight, snub, spurn, undervalue, wipe out*, allergic to, feel contempt for, have no use for, look down nose at, misprize |
| Antonyms: | admire, appreciate, cherish, like, love |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore; treat as insignificant |
| Synonyms: | belittle, brush off*, depreciate, derogate, disbelieve, discredit, disregard, doubt, fail, forget, minimize, mistrust, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, question, reject, scout, slight, blink at, detract from, dispraise, scoff at |
| Antonyms: | attend, recognize, pay attention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disinherit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut off in will of bequeathal |
| Synonyms: | bereave, deprive, disown, dispossess, divest, evict, exclude, neglect, oust, repudiate, rob, cut off without a cent, disaffiliate, exheridate |
| Antonyms: | bequeath, give |
| Main Entry: | disobedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misbehavior; noncompliance with rules |
| Synonyms: | defiance, dereliction, disregard, infraction, infringement, insubordination, mutiny, neglect, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sabotage, sedition, strike, stubbornness, transgression, violation, indiscipline, insubmission, insurgence, intractableness, nonobservance, perversity, recalcitrance, refractoriness, unruliness, waywardness |
| Antonyms: | behavior, obedience, observance, submission |
| Main Entry: | disobey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard rules; refuse to conform |
| Synonyms: | balk, contravene, counteract, dare, decline, defy, desert, differ, disagree, evade, flout, ignore, infringe, misbehave, mutiny, neglect, object, overstep, rebel, resist, revolt, revolution, revolutionize, riot, run riot*, shirk, strike, transgress, violate, withstand, be remiss, break rules, fly in face of, go counter to, insurrect, not heed, not listen, not mind, pay no attention to, recalcitrate, rise in arms, set aside, take law into own hands |
| Antonyms: | conform, obey, oblige, regard, submit, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disregard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ignoring |
| Synonyms: | apathy, contempt, disdain, disfavor, disrespect, inadvertence, inattention, indifference, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, neglect, neglecting, negligence, oblivion, omission, omitting, oversight, scorn, slight, slighting, unconcern, brush-off, disesteem, disinterest, forgetting, heedlessness, insouciance, overlooking, the cold shoulder, unmindfulness |
| Antonyms: | attention, esteem, honor, note, regard, respect |
| Main Entry: | disregard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore; make light of |
| Synonyms: | brush aside, brush off, contemn, despise, discount, disdain, disobey, disparage, fail, forget, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, pooh-pooh*, scorn, slight, snub, blink at, brush away, cold-shoulder*, have no use for, laugh off, leave out of account, let go, let off easy, let pass, live with, look the other way, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind, shut eyes to, take no notice of, tune out, turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear, vilipend, wink at* |
| Antonyms: | attend, esteem, note, regard, respect, pay attention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, forsake |
| Synonyms: | abort, back out, blink, break one's word, desert, disappoint, discount, disregard, fault, forget, funk, go astray, ignore, let down, miscarry, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, slight, slip |
| Antonyms: | capture, complete, deliver, finish, obtain, procure |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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