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Synonyms for ignore
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Wiktionary3.0 / 5 votes

  1. ignoreverb

    Synonyms:
    turn a blind eye

    Antonyms:
    watch

  2. ignoreverb

    To deliberately pay no attention to.

    Synonyms:
    turn a blind eye

    Antonyms:
    watch

  3. ignoreverb

    Fail to notice.

    Synonyms:
    turn a blind eye

    Antonyms:
    watch

English Synonyms and Antonyms2.7 / 3 votes

  1. ignoreverb

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ignore

    Synonyms:
    disown, repudiate, overlook

    Antonyms:
    own, notice, mark, visit, recognize

Princeton's WordNet3.8 / 8 votes

  1. ignore, disregard, snub, cutverb

    refuse to acknowledge

    "She cut him dead at the meeting"

    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

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

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

    bar from attention or consideration

    "She dismissed his advances"

    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

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

  3. ignoreverb

    fail to notice

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

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

  4. neglect, ignore, disregardverb

    give little or no attention to

    "Disregard the errors"

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

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

  5. ignoreverb

    be ignorant of or in the dark about

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

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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. ignoreverb

    Synonyms:
    regard as unknown, shut one's eyes to, leave out of view, not recognize, not take into account

  2. ignoreverb

    Synonyms:
    (Law.) reject, set aside

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ignoreverb

    Synonyms:
    disregard, slight, connive, overlook

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "ignore":

    disregard, overlook, neglect, skip, ignoring, omit, flout, forget, bypass

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How to use ignore in a sentence?

  1. Sajid Javid:

    There has frankly been a deeply worrying lack of leadership or moral clarity on this issue from him, we cannot and we must not ignore the particular concern with elements within the Labour Party, nor can we ignore the fact that this increasing concern has correlated with the current leader of the opposition and the wave of activists that have come with him.

  2. Booth Goodwin:

    The CEO and chairman of one of America's largest coal companies now stands convicted of willful violations of the laws that are designed to keep coal miners safe. to go from boardroom to the prospect of incarceration sends a powerful message to executives who would ignore the safety of their workers. It doesn't matter who you are, how rich you are, how powerful you are, if you violate the laws and gamble with the lives of your workers, you will be held accountable.

  3. President Barack Obama on Wednesday:

    There are only so many short cuts. Ultimately, we have to change the law, they'll ignore you if they don't think you're voting.

  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. Pedro Espinoza:

    You know, there's no reason for him to ignore the families. You know, our families are in the cemetery. At the same time, he's rewarding illegal aliens with amnesty. You know, it's just not fair. It is not right? And I don't know how they can justify it.


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