| Main Entry: | disregard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore; make light of |
Synonyms: |
blink at, brush aside, brush away, brush off, cold-shoulder, contemn, despise, discount, disdain, disobey, disparage, fail, forget, have no use for, laugh off, leave out of account, let go, let off easy, let pass, live with, look the other way, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind, pooh-pooh, scorn, shut eyes to, slight, snub, take no notice of, tune out, turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear, vilipend, wink at |
| Notes: | ignore is properly used of things that are present in our surroundings; but for things like rules, conventions, stipulations, contracts, the right word is disregard |
Antonyms: |
attend, esteem, note, pay attention, regard, respect |
| Main Entry: | ignore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard on purpose |
Synonyms: |
avoid, be oblivious to, blink, brush off, bury one's head in sand, cold-shoulder, discount, disdain, evade, fail, forget, let it go, look the other way, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no mind, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, shut eyes to, slight, take no notice, tune out, turn back on, turn blind eye, turn deaf ear, wink |
Antonyms: |
acknowledge, heed, look at, note, notice, pay attention, recognize, regard, take notice |
| 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: | overlook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make allowances for |
Synonyms: |
bear with, blink at, condone, disregard, excuse, forgive, go along with, grin and bear it, handle, ignore, let bygones be bygones, let go, let pass, live with, look the other way, pay no mind, play past, put up with, roll with punches, stand for, stomach, swim with the tide, take, tune out, turn blind eye to, whitewash, wink at, wipe slate clean |
Antonyms: |
deny, prevent, refuse, veto |
| Main Entry: | disregard |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
deaf, absent, absent, bemused, blind, blithe, brainsick, careless, cursory, disconcerted, distrait, dizzy, dreaming on other things, dreamy, engrossed, giddy, giddy, giddy as a goose, harebrained, harum, high, in the clouds, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, listless, lost, lost in thought, mindless, musing on other things, muzzy, napping, off one's guard, offhand, percursory, preoccupied, put out, rantipole, rapt, regardless, respectless, scatterbrained, thoughtless, undiscerning, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unreflecting, wild, wrapped in thought
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