Neglect Synonyms and Antonyms

nĭ-glĕkt
To refuse to pay attention to (a person); treat with contempt
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. disregard
  2. ignore
  3. slight
  4. igg
To treat with indifference
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. disregard
  2. ignore
  3. overlook
  4. slight
  5. forget
  6. omit
  7. pretermit
  8. disdain
  9. scorn
  10. rebuff
  11. affront
  12. dismiss
  13. depreciate
  14. spurn
  15. underestimate
  16. undervalue
  17. shake off
  18. make-light-of
  19. laugh-off
  20. keep one's distance
  21. abandon
  22. pass over
  23. pass-up
  24. bypass
  25. pass-by
  26. have nothing to do with
  27. carelessness
  28. let-alone
  29. keep aloof
  30. default
  31. keep aloof from
  32. let-go
  33. discount
  34. not care for
  35. pay no attention to
  36. leave-alone
  37. take-no-notice-of
  38. fail
  39. be inattentive to
  40. take-for-granted
  41. failure
  42. not give a hoot
  43. not give a darn
  44. fault
  45. not give a damn
  46. pay no heed
  47. pay no mind
  48. turn one's back on
  49. set at nought
  50. contemn
  51. inattention
  52. let well enough alone
  53. leave-well-enough-alone
  54. laxity
  55. let it ride
  56. keep-at-arm-s-length
  57. misprize
  58. leave out in the cold
  59. drop
  60. give the cold shoulder
  61. omission
  62. oversight
  63. miss
  64. pigeonhole
  65. reject
  66. shirk
  67. leave-out
  68. slip
  69. overleap
Antonyms:
  1. concern
  2. consider
  3. take-care-of
  4. appreciate
  5. nurture
  6. attend to
  7. cherish
  8. value
  9. watch
  10. guard
  11. protect
The result of neglecting
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chaos
  2. default
  3. lapse
The act of neglecting duties or charges
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. negligence
  2. carelessness
  3. neglectfulness
  4. disregard
  5. dereliction
  6. oversight
  7. slight
  8. nonperformance
Antonyms:
  1. success
  2. attention
  3. accomplishment
  4. achievement
  5. completion
  6. finish
  7. care
To fail to attend to responsibilities
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. omit
  2. fail
  3. leave undone
  4. forget
  5. pass over
  6. defer
  7. default
  8. procrastinate
  9. let-slide
  10. let pass
  11. let-slip
  12. miss
  13. skip
  14. gloss over
  15. let things go
  16. ignore
  17. be remiss
  18. be negligent
  19. be derelict
  20. trifle
  21. slur
  22. skimp
  23. shirk
  24. slack
  25. postpone
  26. lose-sight-of
  27. look-the-other-way
  28. dismiss from the mind
  29. not trouble oneself with
  30. not take care of
  31. be slack
  32. evade
  33. pretermit
  34. be careless
  35. be irresponsible
  36. let-the-grass-grow-under-one-s-feet
  37. lie down on the job
Antonyms:
  1. do
  2. take-care-of
  3. heed
  4. attend to
  5. succeed
  6. accomplish
  7. achieve
  8. tend
  9. complete
  10. finish
To avoid the fulfillment of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. disregard
  2. shirk
  3. slack
Antonyms:
  1. attention
  2. care
  3. care for
  4. cherish
The state of something that has been unused and neglected
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. disuse

Words Related to Neglect

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Neglect Sentence Examples

  • If you neglect to do so, we will be gone before you arrive.

  • In order to keep a tidy kitchen, do not neglect to wash your dishes.

  • The climate is naturally good, but continued neglect of sanitary precautions has made the city unhealthy.

  • The apparatus needs constant attention, since neglect in stoking would result in stopping the generation of steam, and the whole system would almost immediately cool.

  • A woman was recently put in jail for child neglect, after leaving her children alone for days.

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