What are some opposite words for ignore?

Antonyms for ignoreig·nore

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term ignore.

Wiktionary3.0 / 5 votes

  1. ignoreverb

    Antonyms:
    watch

    Synonyms:
    turn a blind eye

  2. ignoreverb

    To deliberately pay no attention to.

    Antonyms:
    watch

    Synonyms:
    turn a blind eye

  3. ignoreverb

    Fail to notice.

    Synonyms:
    turn a blind eye

    Antonyms:
    watch

English Synonyms and Antonyms2.7 / 3 votes

  1. ignoreverb

    Antonyms:
    address, address, apostrophize, appeal, approach, cost, court, greet, hail, salute, speak to, woo

    Synonyms:
    avoid, cut, elude, overlook, pass, pass by, shun

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ignore

    Antonyms:
    own, notice, mark, visit, recognize

    Synonyms:
    disown, repudiate, overlook

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Princeton's WordNet3.8 / 8 votes

  1. ignore, disregard, snub, cutverb

    refuse to acknowledge

    "She cut him dead at the meeting"

    Antonyms:
    know, note, cognise, cognize, mark, notice

    Synonyms:
    foreshorten, veer, bring down, snub, turn off, burn, rationalize, hack, dismiss, write out, prune, thin, rebuff, cut, repel, slue, trim back, trim, swerve, shorten, edit out, brush off, edit, thin out, cut down, skip, neglect, abridge, reduce, rationalise, discount, cut off, push aside, curve, switch off, sheer, make out, contract, trim down, slew, tailor, turn out, dilute, brush aside, disregard, issue, cut back, abbreviate, trend, geld

  2. dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignoreverb

    bar from attention or consideration

    "She dismissed his advances"

    Antonyms:
    notice, know, note, cognise, cognize, mark

    Synonyms:
    neglect, send away, snub, throw out, give the sack, usher out, disregard, brush aside, sack, drop, discount, send packing, cut, force out, dismiss, displace, can, push aside, brush off, give notice, terminate, dissolve, give the axe, fire, push away

  3. ignoreverb

    fail to notice

    Antonyms:
    note, cognize, mark, cognise, know, notice

    Synonyms:
    brush aside, snub, brush off, neglect, push aside, disregard, dismiss, cut, discount

  4. neglect, ignore, disregardverb

    give little or no attention to

    "Disregard the errors"

    Antonyms:
    notice, cognize, note, cognise, mark, know

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

  5. ignoreverb

    be ignorant of or in the dark about

    Antonyms:
    know, mark, cognize, cognise, notice, note

    Synonyms:
    brush aside, snub, brush off, neglect, push aside, disregard, dismiss, cut, discount

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ignoreverb

    Synonyms:
    disregard, slight, connive, overlook

Editors Contribution3.2 / 6 votes

  1. beckoned

    make a gesture with the hand or ignore

    Submitted by anonymous on September 9, 2020  
  2. compel

    Submitted by anonymous on November 24, 2020  
  3. evaluate

    Submitted by rinat on September 22, 2019  

How to use ignore in a sentence?

  1. Venus Williams:

    I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals, and I try to ignore the rest.

  2. David Wessel:

    As scientists, we make decisions based on evidence. What this budget does is ignore evidence and undermine our very ability to collect it across the board.

  3. Mike Pence:

    The media is piling on with unsubstantiated claims … while they ignore an avalanche of hard evidence about corruption, pay to play, political favoritism emanating out of Hillary Clinton's years as secretary of state.

  4. Dan Coats:

    We must ignore the coming public relations campaign that will trumpet this deal as a victory for diplomacy and the false premise that the deal is a choice between peace and war.

  5. Sophocles:

    Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

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#249address
#294own
#399visit
#460note
#489cost
#608court
#689notice
#834mark
#871watch
#1266approach
#2842appeal
#4719ignore
#4730recognize
#14400hail
#14637woo
#18518salute
#18781greet
#316009cognize

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