Antonyms for neglect
nɪˈglɛktne·glect

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. neglectverb

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

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

2. neglectnoun

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Carelessness
   • Decline
   • Inattention
   • Mistreatment

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.8 / 5 votes

1. disregard, neglectnoun

   lack of attention and due care

   Antonyms:
   take to heart, attend to

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

2. neglect, disusenoun

   the state of something that has been unused and neglected

   "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"

   Antonyms:
   take to heart, attend to

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

3. disregard, neglectnoun

   willful lack of care and attention

   Antonyms:
   attend to, take to heart

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

4. negligence, neglect, neglectfulnessnoun

   the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

   Antonyms:
   attend to, take to heart

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

5. negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformanceverb

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

   Antonyms:
   attend to, take to heart

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

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"

   Antonyms:
   attend to, take to heart

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

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"

   Antonyms:
   attend to, take to heart

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

8. neglectverb

   fail to attend to

   "he neglects his children"

   Antonyms:
   take to heart, attend to

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

9. neglect, ignore, disregardverb

   give little or no attention to

   "Disregard the errors"

   Antonyms:
   take to heart, attend to

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. neglectnoun

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

2. neglectverb

   Synonyms:
   disregard, slight, overlook, ignore, omit

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. conspire

   not together

   people should not play roblox because it neglects your study

   Submitted by anonymous on February 2, 2021  

2. maintenance

   it changes something

   i had a neglect of school

   Submitted by 5119982 on October 27, 2020  

3. navigate

   we do not need to navigate we need to neglect. (i am a 5th grader)

   we are going to neglect not navigate

   Submitted by anonymous on September 14, 2020  

4. ownership

   the passive form or handing over ownership, or disowning rightful responsibility.

   neglect of ownership for this project created chaos in the boardroom.

   Submitted by rinat on November 5, 2015  

How to use neglect in a sentence?

1. President Harry Truman, Public Papers of the President of the United States: Harry S. Truman - 1951 U.S. Gov. 1966 p1063:

   Democracy is, first and foremost, a spiritual force, it is built upon a spiritual basis - and on a belief in God and an observance of moral principle. And in the long run only the church can provide that basis. Our founder knew this truth - and we will neglect it at our peril.

2. Jessica Vaughan:

   Our student was actually in a METS [ Multidisciplinary Educational Training and Support ] Program for English learners and that is a program we have across the system, and so, it is not a matter of what grade they were in, but the student was in a program for English learners. some have severe mental health problems resulting from broken families or parental neglect, exposure to violence in their home country, and a traumatic experience coming here illegally.

3. Alex Stevens:

   I'm very apprehensive about what's happening right now and what's going to happen over the next few weeks to this group of our society who are extremely vulnerable, who've been exposed to adverse experiences, neglect and abuse from childhood onwards, and now risk being put at the back of the queue for support when in fact, they should be in front of it.

4. Ava DuVernay:

   Hollywood is like the boyfriend who doesn't call you as often, that's kind of like what Hollywood is to women filmmakers, (There is) a little a bit of neglect in terms of recognizing the imagination and talent women filmmakers have ... of older actresses who might be past the window of when the industry says they're valuable. There's so much of that going on so it's certainly something we all have to work to correct.

5. David Stevenson:

   The big challenge of abuse and neglect in nursing homes is, I think, it has been persistent over a number of years, i don't think it's incredibly prevalent, but really having any abuse and neglect in nursing homes is not acceptable.

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