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Synonyms for neglect
nɪˈglɛktne·glect
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Wiktionary
neglectnoun
Synonyms:
negligence, carelessnessneglectnoun
To disregard or pay little attention to something.
Synonyms:
negligence, carelessnessneglectnoun
To fail to care for, or attend to something.
Synonyms:
carelessness, negligenceneglectverb
To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
Synonyms:
negligence, carelessness
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, thoughtlessnessPreposition:
Neglect of duty, of the child by the parent; there was neglect on the part of the teacher.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
neglectverb
Synonyms:
slight, overlook, omit, disregard, disesteem, despite, contemnAntonyms:
consider, respect, notice, observe, regard, esteem, tend, attend, foster, studyneglectnoun
Synonyms:
negligence, disregard, omission, failure, default, slight, carelessness, remissnessAntonyms:
attention, consideration, respect, notice, regard, esteem
Princeton's WordNet
disregard, neglectnoun
lack of attention and due care
Synonyms:
negligence, disregard, carelessness, disuse, nonperformance, neglectfulnessAntonyms:
take to heart, attend toneglect, disusenoun
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
"the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
Synonyms:
negligence, disregard, carelessness, disuse, neglectfulness, nonperformanceAntonyms:
take to heart, attend todisregard, neglectnoun
willful lack of care and attention
Synonyms:
negligence, disregard, carelessness, disuse, nonperformance, neglectfulnessAntonyms:
attend to, take to heartnegligence, neglect, neglectfulnessnoun
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Synonyms:
neglectfulness, carelessness, negligence, disuse, disregard, nonperformanceAntonyms:
attend to, take to heartnegligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformanceverb
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Synonyms:
carelessness, disuse, neglectfulness, nonperformance, disregard, sloppiness, negligenceAntonyms:
attend to, take to heartneglect, 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"
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, omitAntonyms:
attend to, take to heartfail, 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"
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 badAntonyms:
attend to, take to heartneglectverb
fail to attend to
"he neglects his children"
Synonyms:
drop, omit, fail, miss, leave out, overleap, pretermit, disregard, overlook, ignoreAntonyms:
take to heart, attend toneglect, 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, fail, snub, pretermit, ignoreAntonyms:
take to heart, attend to
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
neglectverb
neglectverb
Synonyms:
disregard, slight, contemn, overlook, pay no heed to, pay no regard to, leave out of view, leave on one side, not care a straw forneglectnoun
Synonyms:
omission (of a particular act of duty), failure, default, NEGLIGENCE, remissnessneglectnoun
Synonyms:
slight, disregard, disrespect
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
neglectnoun
Synonyms:
disregard, omission, negligence, default, dereliction, remissness, oversightneglectverb
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "neglect":
negligence, abandonment, carelessness, overlook, ignore, negligent, dropout, disregard, drop-out, desertion, oblivion, neglected, indifference, ignored, overlooked, omission, forget, neglects, malpractice
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#123 | go | |
#975 | discount | |
#1324 | cut | |
#1362 | command | |
#1538 | default | |
#1585 | except | |
#1618 | break | |
#1763 | die | |
#2032 | miss | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2278 | failure | |
#2394 | cast | |
#2498 | lack | |
#2636 | fail | |
#2813 | despite | |
#2919 | spend | |
#3063 | forget | |
#3169 | lose | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4430 | escape | |
#4538 | fell | |
#4719 | ignore | |
#5162 | swing | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#6158 | bomb | |
#6377 | exclude | |
#7229 | sink | |
#7486 | ignored | |
#7516 | slight | |
#8245 | shed | |
#9297 | malpractice | |
#9567 | vault | |
#10114 | oversight | |
#11158 | neglect | |
#12928 | negligence | |
#14513 | dominate | |
#14587 | neglected | |
#15596 | dismiss | |
#15828 | overlooked | |
#17829 | omission | |
#18398 | drip | |
#18414 | disregard | |
#19766 | omit | |
#20010 | overlook | |
#21253 | oblivion | |
#22574 | abandonment | |
#25345 | indifference | |
#25698 | negligent | |
#26043 | dropout | |
#26291 | dangle | |
#28374 | unload | |
#29320 | degenerate | |
#32801 | expend | |
#34727 | scorn | |
#36196 | disrespect | |
#37100 | betray | |
#37387 | deteriorate | |
#40167 | flatten | |
#50992 | dribble | |
#57236 | carelessness | |
#58771 | snub | |
#60179 | neglects | |
#66580 | desertion | |
#75377 | inattention | |
#79183 | disuse | |
#83252 | devolve | |
#113153 | flunk | |
#139042 | sloppiness | |
#153574 | nonperformance | |
#168211 | slackness | |
#175027 | inadvertence | |
#179405 | miscarry | |
#186849 | thoughtlessness | |
#204526 | overtop | |
#271402 | heedlessness |
How to use neglect in a sentence?
Students who work full-time may not have time to sleep, eat well, exercise and engage in pleasant activities, neglect of these areas may lead to low energy, irritability, and poor concentration and academic performance and overall dissatisfaction.
The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.
We are behaving like people without compassion and love for the most vulnerable section of society. The children of the universe are without a spokesperson, they are voiceless…We are all touched by the atrocities committed against children: sexual, physical abuse, child slave labor, educational neglect. We feel ashamed. Angry. Appalled. But there is no action…No action.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show for any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
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.
Translations for neglect
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- اهمال, إهمالArabic
- negligència, negligirCatalan, Valencian
- zanedbání, zanedbatCzech
- Vernachlässigung, missachten, NachlässigkeitGerman
- αμελώ, παραμελώGreek
- descuidar, negligencia, perecearSpanish
- välinpitämättömyysFinnish
- négligence, négligerFrench
- faillíIrish
- הזנחהHebrew
- elhanyagolásHungarian
- mancare, ignorare, negligere, negligenza, tralasciare, omettereItalian
- 怠慢Japanese
- 태만, 소홀, 등한Korean
- oblīvīscor, neglegōLatin
- whakahapa, iwikoretanga, whakangongoMāori
- zorgeloosheid, negeren, verwaarlozing, onzorgvuldigheid, verzaken, nalatigheid, verwaarlozen, nalatenDutch
- zaniedbywać, zaniedbaćPolish
- negligenciar, negligênciaPortuguese
- neglija, a nu ține cont deRomanian
- запускать, забрасывать, пренебрежение, упускать, пренебрегать, небрежностьRussian
- zanedbaťSlovak
- försumma, försummelseSwedish
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