Neglect Synonyms and Antonyms
nĭ-glĕkt
To treat with indifference
(Verb)
Synonyms:
- disregard
- ignore
- overlook
- slight
- forget
- omit
- pretermit
- disdain
- scorn
- rebuff
- affront
- dismiss
- depreciate
- spurn
- underestimate
- undervalue
- shake off
- make-light-of
- laugh-off
- keep one's distance
- abandon
- pass over
- pass-up
- bypass
- pass-by
- have nothing to do with
- carelessness
- let-alone
- keep aloof
- default
- keep aloof from
- let-go
- discount
- not care for
- pay no attention to
- leave-alone
- take-no-notice-of
- fail
- be inattentive to
- take-for-granted
- failure
- not give a hoot
- not give a darn
- fault
- not give a damn
- pay no heed
- pay no mind
- turn one's back on
- set at nought
- contemn
- inattention
- let well enough alone
- leave-well-enough-alone
- laxity
- let it ride
- keep-at-arm-s-length
- misprize
- leave out in the cold
- drop
- give the cold shoulder
- omission
- oversight
- miss
- pigeonhole
- reject
- shirk
- leave-out
- slip
- overleap
The act of showing indifference to a person
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- disregard
- default
- indifference
- delinquency
- dereliction
- failure
- inattention
- oversight
- omission
- slight
- thoughtlessness
- disrespect
- carelessness
- scorn
- abandonment
- inadvertence
- heedlessness
- unconcern
- indolence
- inconsideration
- laches
- limbo
- disdain
- malfeasance
- misfeasance
- coolness
- negligence
- nonobservance
- nonfeasance
- pretermission
- procrastination
- remission
- remissness
The act of neglecting duties or charges
(Noun)
Synonyms:
To fail to attend to responsibilities
(Verb)
Synonyms:
- omit
- fail
- leave undone
- forget
- pass over
- defer
- default
- procrastinate
- let-slide
- let pass
- let-slip
- miss
- skip
- gloss over
- let things go
- ignore
- be remiss
- be negligent
- be derelict
- trifle
- slur
- skimp
- shirk
- slack
- postpone
- lose-sight-of
- look-the-other-way
- dismiss from the mind
- not trouble oneself with
- not take care of
- be slack
- evade
- pretermit
- be careless
- be irresponsible
- let-the-grass-grow-under-one-s-feet
- lie down on the job
The state of something that has been unused and neglected
(Noun)
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