Synonyms for neglect
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
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Noun
1. Negligence
negligence, carelessness, inattention, failure, indifference, omission, oversight, slackness, inadvertence, neglectfulness, nonperformance, heedlessness, remissness, thoughtlessness, default dated
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Definitions
- v. 1
To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
- v. 2
To fail to care for or attend to something.
to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts
- v. 3
To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.
- n. 1
The act of neglecting.
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Neglect has a passive sense which negligence has not; the child was suffering from neglect, i. e., from being neglected by others; the child was suffering from negligence would imply that he himself was neglectful.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- drop Why don't you drop in for tea at your convenience?
- overlook You may as well overlook his sins and forgive him.
- ignore If you ignore the past, you jeopardize the future.
- disregard Tom showed reckless disregard for Mary's feelings.
By length
- 4 letters
- miss1, drop1, pass1, fail1, omit2
- 5 letters
- scorn1, shirk1
- 6 letters
- forget2, ignore2, slight1, disuse2
- 7 letters
- failure2, default2, despise2, contemn2
- 8 letters
- overlook3, omission3, renounce2, overleap
- 9 letters
- oversight3, disregard3, slackness2, pretermit
- 10 letters
- disrespect3, negligence3, remissness
- 11 letters
- dereliction4, inattention4
- 12 letters
- indifference4, carelessness3, inadvertence4, heedlessness
- 14 letters
- nonperformance, neglectfulness
- 15 letters
- thoughtlessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (omit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- négliger
- Italiano
- trascurare
- Español
- descuidar
- Deutsch
- vernachlässigen
- Català
- negligir