Synonyms for forget
fərˈgɛtfor·get

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1. forgetverb

   Synonyms:
   passover, disremember, overlook

   Antonyms:
   recall, learn, recollect, mind, acquire, remember, reminisce

2. forgetverb

   To lose remembrance of.

   I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.

   Synonyms:
   disremember, passover, overlook

   Antonyms:
   reminisce, acquire, mind, remember, recall, recollect, learn

3. forgetverb

   To unintentionally not do, neglect.

   I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.

   Synonyms:
   disremember, overlook, passover

   Antonyms:
   learn, acquire, recall, mind, recollect, remember, reminisce

4. forgetverb

   To cease remembering.

   Let's just forget about it.

   Synonyms:
   overlook, disremember, passover

   Antonyms:
   recollect, learn, reminisce, recall, remember, acquire, mind

5. forgetverb

   fuck, screw .

   Forget you!

   Synonyms:
   overlook, passover, disremember

   Antonyms:
   mind, learn, acquire, remember, recall, reminisce, recollect

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1. forget

   Synonyms:
   contemn, despise, dishonor, disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook, profane, violate

   Antonyms:
   celebrate, commemorate, keep, observe, solemnize

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1. forget

   Synonyms:
   lose, pretermit, unlearn, obliviate, overlook

   Antonyms:
   acquire, learn, remember, recollect, mind, retain, treasure

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1. forget, buryverb

   dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

   "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories"

   Synonyms:
   eat up, block, entomb, draw a blank, swallow, lay to rest, swallow up, blank out, leave, inter, immerse, inhume, sink, bury

   Antonyms:
   recollect, call back, think, bear in mind, remember, mind, retrieve, think of, recall, call up

2. forget, block, blank out, draw a blankverb

   be unable to remember

   "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"

   Synonyms:
   stuff, stop, bury, blockade, immobilise, hinder, freeze, block off, stymie, obturate, close up, blank out, draw a blank, lug, barricade, block, occlude, stymy, impede, obstruct, bar, halt, kibosh, block up, parry, leave, embarrass, deflect, immobilize, jam, choke up

   Antonyms:
   bear in mind, mind, think, call back, think of, remember, call up, retrieve, recall, recollect

3. forgetverb

   forget to do something

   "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"

   Synonyms:
   block, leave, bury, draw a blank, blank out

   Antonyms:
   think, bear in mind, recall, call up, recollect, retrieve, remember, call back, think of, mind

4. forget, leaveverb

   leave behind unintentionally

   "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"

   Synonyms:
   lead, go forth, bury, leave alone, exit, draw a blank, leave behind, go away, give, will, blank out, get out, result, pull up stakes, block, go out, bequeath, entrust, pass on, depart, provide, leave, allow, impart, allow for

   Antonyms:
   mind, remember, recollect, bear in mind, think, retrieve, think of, call back, call up, recall

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1. • Lose
   • Neglect

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1. nevermind

   to disregard

   Submitted by anonymous on April 25, 2021  

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1. forgetverb

   Synonyms:
   lose the remembrance of, let slip from the mind, not remember

2. forgetverb

   Synonyms:
   think no more of, consign to oblivion

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1. List of paraphrases for "forget":

   forgets, remember, overlook, forgot, forgotten, ignore, anas, neglect, forgetto, disregard

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How to use forget in a sentence?

1. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   We Americans know-although others appear to forget-the risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war. (On ordering retaliatory action against North Vietnam)

2. Veronique Gillardeau:

   You usually have people greeting each other, meeting up at the cafe, there's a special middle-of-the-night atmosphere here, all that side we're having to forget.

3. Johnny Cash:

   You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.

4. Simone Pedrosa:

   I saw all the mud coming down the hill, snapping the trees as it descended. It was a tremendous noise, i cannot get that noise out of my head. Its a trauma ... Ill never forget.

5. Ben Crenshaw:

   When I first met him, I tell you, I'll never forget it, i looked right at him and he looked at me, and I thought I was looking at Wyatt Earp. He just had that look about him. Just wonderful.