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| Main Entry: |
neglect
 [ni-glekt] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disregard |
| Synonyms: | carelessness, coolness, delinquency, disdain, disregardance, disrespect, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, inconsideration, indifference, laxity, laxness, oversight, scorn, slight, thoughtlessness, unconcern |
| Antonyms: | care, obedience, observance, regard, respect, watchfulness |
| Main Entry: | neglect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be indifferent, leave alone |
| Synonyms: | affront, brush aside, brush off, condemn, depreciate, despise, detest, discount, disdain, dismiss, disregard, have nothing to do with, ignore, keep at arm's length, keep one's distance, laugh off, let go, live with, make light of, not care for, overlook, pass by, pass over, pass up, pay no attention to, pay no mind, pretermit, rebuff, reject, scant, scorn, shrug off, slight, slur, spurn, tune out, underestimate |
| Antonyms: | cherish, concern, guard, nurture, protect, take care of, watch |
| Main Entry: | neglect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail to do; forget |
| Synonyms: | be careless, be derelict, be irresponsible, be negligent, be remiss, bypass, defer, discard, dismiss, disregard, elide, evade, gloss over, let pass, let slide, look the other way, lose sight of, miss, not trouble oneself, omit, overleap, overlook, overpass, pass over, postpone, procrastinate, shirk, skimp, skip, suspend, think little of, trifle |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, complete, do, finish, succeed |
Example Sentences
- The neglect is partly due to the narrowness of the general historian.
- His gray hair is tousled, and his beard has the longish look of neglect.
- Moreover, you generally neglect to consider how the message might be interpreted by others.
| Main Entry: | blink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore |
| Synonyms: | bypass, condone, connive, cushion, discount, disregard, fail, forget, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass by, slight, turn a blind eye |
| Antonyms: | attend, be aware, pay attention |
| Main Entry: | breach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violation of a law |
| Synonyms: | barratry, contravention, delinquency, dereliction, disobedience, disregard, infraction, infringement, neglect, noncompliance, nonobservance, offense, transgression, trespass, violation |
| Notes: | breach is an infraction, gap, or break; breech is the rear or lower portion of things |
| Antonyms: | upholding |
| Main Entry: | bypass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid |
| Synonyms: | blink at, burke, circumnavigate, circumvent, depart from, detour, deviate from, finesse, get around, go around, go around the barn, ignore, let go, neglect, omit, outflank, pass around, sidestep, skirt, take back road, wink at |
| Main Entry: | contempt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disdain, disrespect |
| Synonyms: | antipathy, audacity, aversion, condescension, contumely, defiance, derision, despisal, despisement, despite, disesteem, disregard, distaste, hatred, indignity, malice, mockery, neglect, recalcitrance, repugnance, ridicule, scorn, slight, snobbery, stubbornness |
| Antonyms: | admiration, affection, approbation, approval, endorsement, love, regard, respect, sanction |
| Main Entry: | default |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure; want |
| Synonyms: | absence, blemish, blunder, dearth, defect, deficiency, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, imperfection, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, miss, neglect, nonpayment, offense, omission, overlooking, oversight, privation, shortcoming, slight, transgression, vice, weakness, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | advantage, payment, perfection, satisfaction, success |
| Main Entry: | default |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dodge payment |
| Synonyms: | bilk, defraud, dishonor, evade, fail, leave town, meet under arch, neglect, put on the cuff, rat, repudiate, run out on, see in the alley, shirk, skate, skip, skip out on, stiff*, swindle, welch, welsh |
| Antonyms: | pay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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