Synonyms for care
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Guardianship
guardianship, responsibility, custody, charge, charre UK, management, keep, superintendence, ward, keeping, tutelage, direction, surveillance, preservation, commission, superintendency
2. Caution
caution, carefulness, precaution, forethought, watchfulness, vigilance, foresight, prudence, circumspection, calculation
3. Concern
concern, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, thought, fear, feer US, fere UK, wariness, disquiet, apprehension, perplexity
Other
maintenance, upkeep, burden, nurture, safe-keeping, diligence, pains, economy, thrift
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
Close attention; concern; responsibility.
Care should be taken when holding babies.
- n. 2
Worry.
I don’t have a care in the world.
- v. 1
To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).
I don’t care, I’m still going.
- v. 2
To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards or interested in.
I don’t care to hear your opinion.
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In matters within our reach, anxiety always stirs the question whether something can not be done, and is thus a valuable spur to doing; in this respect it is allied to care.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- management Skillful management made a success of the business.
- responsibility The group claimed responsibility for the bombings.
- custody We haven't worked out custody of the children yet.
- guardianship The celebrity was still incompetent and needed guardianship.
- concern Money is without a doubt my most pressing concern.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| care | rising | |
| management | steady | |
| responsibility | falling | |
| custody | steady | |
| guardianship | steady | |
| carefulness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- aid1
- 4 letters
- like1, keep1, mind1, deal1, wish1, fear1, ward1, heed1, reck1, fere, feer
- 5 letters
- worry2, pains1
- 6 letters
- charge1, handle2, manage2, regard2, bother2, burden2, thrift1, upkeep2, charre
- 7 letters
- thought1, respect2, economy4, keeping2, trouble2, concern2, anxiety4, custody3, caution2, tending2, nurture2
- 8 letters
- prudence2, tutelage3, disquiet3, wariness3
- 9 letters
- attention3, direction3, diligence3, vigilance3, foresight2
- 10 letters
- management3, commission3, precaution3, perplexity4, solicitude4
- 11 letters
- maintenance3, calculation4, forethought2, carefulness3
- 12 letters
- surveillance3, preservation4, apprehension4, guardianship4, watchfulness
- 14 letters
- responsibility6, circumspection4
- 15 letters
- superintendence, superintendency
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (worry2 = 2 syllables).