Neglect synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
To find fault with; blame or criticize
Overdue in payment:
To lessen the price or value of:
To emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation.
To fail or neglect (to do something):
To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
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be derelict
To fail to attend to responsibilities
The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about; misregard.
The definition of chaos refers to lack of order or lack of intentional design.
(Law) To reject (a bill of indictment) for lack of evidence
To reject bluntly, often disdainfully; snub:
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Lack of interest; apathy; indifference
A feeling or show of contempt and aloofness; scorn.
An instance of such failure, carelessness, or indifference
neglectfulness
The characteristic of being neglectful.
Failure to perform a task or fulfill an obligation, especially failure to meet a financial obligation:
A deterioration or decline:
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To ignore; neglect
To throw heedlessly.
To forget is defined as to let a memory or a feeling go away.
To scorn is to express a feeling of contempt or disgust for something.
To insult openly or purposely; offend; slight
To reject with disdain or contempt.
To make too low an estimate of the quantity, degree, or worth of:
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To regard or esteem too lightly
To dissociate oneself from (an allegation or rumour).
make-light-of
(Idiomatic) To regard without due seriousness; to joke or disregard inappropriately.
keep one's distance
To treat with indifference
To proceed past something
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have nothing to do with
To treat with indifference
let-alone
To leave alone, let be; to stop bothering.
keep aloof
To treat with indifference
not care for
To treat with indifference
pay no attention to
To treat with indifference
take-no-notice-of
(Idiomatic) to ignore
be inattentive to
To treat with indifference
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not give a hoot
To treat with indifference
not give a darn
To treat with indifference
not give a damn
To treat with indifference
pay no heed
To treat with indifference
pay no mind
To treat with indifference
turn one's back on
To treat with indifference
set at nought
To treat with indifference
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To view with contempt; despise.
let well enough alone
To treat with indifference
let it ride
To treat with indifference
keep-at-arm-s-length
To treat with indifference
To treat with indifference
leave undone
To fail to attend to responsibilities
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To postpone the induction of (one eligible for the military draft).
Procrastinate is defined as to put something off to do at a later time.
To fail to benefit from; let slip:
Skip is defined as to leap or jump, or move the attention from one point to another point.
(Idiomatic) To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
let things go
To fail to attend to responsibilities
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be remiss
To fail to attend to responsibilities
be negligent
To fail to attend to responsibilities
Trifle is defined as to treat someone without respect, or to waste time playing or doing silly and frivolous things.
(Music) To sing or play (different and successive notes) by gliding from one to another without a break
To keep expenses very low
To be inactive or avoid work:
(Gram.) To put at or near the end of the sentence
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lose-sight-of
To forget about
dismiss from the mind
To fail to attend to responsibilities
not trouble oneself with
To fail to attend to responsibilities
not take care of
To fail to attend to responsibilities
be slack
To fail to attend to responsibilities
Evade is defined as to be deceitful to get around or escape from.
To disregard intentionally or allow to pass unnoticed or unmentioned.
be careless
To fail to attend to responsibilities
be irresponsible
To fail to attend to responsibilities
To fail to attend to responsibilities
consider (antonym)
To think carefully or seriously; reflect
appreciate (antonym)
To think well of; understand and enjoy; esteem
take-care-of (antonym)
To deal with, handle.
attend to (antonym)
To fail to attend to responsibilities
tend (antonym)
Tend is defined as to proceed in a direction or be inclined to do something.
indifference (related)
Lack of importance, meaning, or worth
delay (related)
A delaying or being delayed
failure (related)
The condition or fact of not achieving the desired end or ends:
Unstudied or effortless:
Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious
Exhibiting a lack of attention; not attentive.
Not particularly good or bad, large or small, right or wrong, etc.; fair, average, etc.
Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention.
Habitually failing to do the required thing; neglectful
Careless in, or negligent about, attending to a task; lax in the performance of duty
The act of abandoning a person with the intent of terminating the duties or him or her. For example, the intentional failure by a parent to communicate with or to provide financial or other support to his children. See also desertion.
A fault: misdeed
Willful neglect, as of duty or principle.
Lack of attention, notice, or regard.
Habitual laziness; sloth.
laches
(Law) Failure to do the required thing at the proper time (e.g., inexcusable delay in enforcing a claim)
A condition of prolonged uncertainty or neglect:
An otherwise legal act that is performed in an illegal fashion.
Failure or refusal to observe, as a religious custom or holiday.
The act of neglecting to do something required by law; especially one’s duty.
The definition of an oversight is something that is missed or neglected accidentally, or the process of supervising and monitoring a project.
pretermission
Procrastination is the process of putting off doing something until the last minute.
Remission is forgiveness or the decrease in symptoms of a disease.
The characteristic of being remiss; carelessness; negligence; tardiness.
Abandon is defined as to leave something behind.
To go around instead of through; use a bypass to avoid
To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
(Educ.) To get a grade of failure; not pass
To despise or hold in contempt; to undervalue. [from 15th c.]
To place or file in a small compartment or recess.
To react to the introduction of a transplanted organ or tissue with a destructive immune response; fail to accept as part of one's own body.
(Intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
regard (antonym)
Respect, affection, or esteem:
respect (antonym)
Reference; relation
observance (antonym)
(R.C.Ch.) The rule observed by a religious order
watchfulness (antonym)
care (antonym)
A cause of such a mental state
attention (antonym)
The act of keeping one's mind closely on something or the ability to do this; mental concentration
success (antonym)
One that is successful:
accomplishment (antonym)
The definition of an accomplishment is something that has been completed with skill or expertise.
achievement (antonym)
A thing achieved, esp. by skill, work, courage, etc.; feat
completion (antonym)
The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
finish (antonym)
The manner or method of completion
nurture (antonym)
Nurture is defined as to feed, train or help develop someone or something.
cherish (antonym)
To cherish is defined as to treat with love or remember fondly.
concern (antonym)
To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
watch (antonym)
To guard
guard (antonym)
To watch over so as to prevent escape or violence:
heed (antonym)
Heed is defined as to pay close attention to someone or something.
do (antonym)
Used to form inverted constructions after some adverbs
succeed (antonym)
To achieve or accomplish something planned or attempted
accomplish (antonym)
To do; succeed in doing; complete (a task, time, or distance)
achieve (antonym)
The definition of achieve means to accomplish a goal or to do something you set out to do.
complete (antonym)
To end; finish; conclude
To ignore or snub (someone).
(Law) The lack of liability associated with the failure to act.
let-slide
thoughts (related)
To refuse to pay attention to (a person); treat with contempt
The fact or state of being or becoming unused; lack of use
To give birth to.
misunderstand (related)
mismanagement (related)
impoverish (related)
impoverishment (related)
malign (related)
institutionalise (related)
Heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
Disrespect is defined as rudeness or a lack of courtesy.
An instance of being inadvertent; an oversight.
The state or character of being heedless; inattention; carelessness; thoughtlessness.
Lack of due consideration; inattention to consequences, thoughtlessness.
keep aloof from
To treat with indifference
To stop bothering.
take-for-granted
To assume something to be true without verification or proof.
leave out in the cold
To treat with indifference
let pass
To fail to attend to responsibilities
Synonym Study
- Forget , in this connection, implies an intentional disregarding or omitting let's forget our differences
- Slight implies a disregarding or neglecting in an indifferent or disdainful way a critic who seems to slight younger writers
- Ignore suggests a deliberate disregarding, sometimes through stubborn refusal to face the facts but you ignore the necessity for action
- Disregard implies inattention or neglect, usually intentional to disregard someone's wishes
- Overlook suggests a failure to see or to take action, either inadvertently or indulgently I'll overlook your error this time
- Omit , in this connection, implies a neglecting through oversight, absorption, etc. I omitted to give him directions to the house
- Neglect implies a failure to carry out some expected or required action, either through carelessness or by intention I neglected to set the alarm
Find another word for neglect. In this page you can discover 175 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for neglect, like: fault, delinquent, laugh-off, depreciate, let-go, omit, shirk, obedience, carelessness, be derelict and disregard.