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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | serve |
| Synonyms: | arrange, attend, care for, deal, deliver, help, minister, nurse, portion, ready, set, tend |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | minister |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, serve |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, administer, aid, answer, attend, be solicitous of, cater to, cure, do for, doctor, foster, heal, nurse, pander, pander to, remedy, succor, take care of, tend, treat, wait on, watch over |
| Notes: | a minister is commonly a person who leads the congregation of a Protestant church; pastor is another word for priest or minister and reverend is a generic prefix for a Christian leader |
| Antonyms: | hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | mollycoddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pamper |
| Synonyms: | baby, caress, cater to, coddle, cosset, dandle, fondle, indulge, overindulge, overprotect, pet, spoil, wait on |
| Main Entry: | nurse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for, tend |
| Synonyms: | advance, aid, attend, baby-sit, cherish, cradle, cultivate, encourage, father, feed, forward, foster, further, harbor, humor, immunize, indulge, inoculate, irradiate, keep alive, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, look after, medicate, minister to, mother, nourish, nurture, pamper, preserve, promote, see to, serve, sit, succor, support, take care of, take charge of, treat, vaccinate, wait on, watch out for, watch over |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | serve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aid, help; supply |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assist, attend to, be of assistance, be of use, care for, deal, deliver, dish up, distribute, do for, give, handle, hit, minister to, nurse, oblige, play, present, provide, provision, set out, succor, wait on, work for |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |
| Main Entry: | tend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, administer, attend, baby-sit, cater to, cherish, control, corral, cultivate, defend, direct, do, do for, feed, foster, guard, handle, keep, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, look after, maintain, manage, mind, minister to, nurse, nurture, oversee, perform, protect, ride herd on, safeguard, see after, see to, serve, shepherd, shield, sit, superintend, supervise, take care of, take under wing, wait on, watch, watch out for, watch over |
| Antonyms: | abandon, ignore, neglect |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Care. [Vigilance.] |
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-nouns
care, solicitude, heed; heedfulness; scruple (conscientiousness)., watchfulness; vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre., alertness (activity); attention; prudence, circumspection (caution); anxiety; forethought; precaution (preparation); tidiness (order), (cleanliness) [more]; accuracy (exactness); minuteness, attention to detail.
-verbs
be careful; reck; take care (be cautious); pay attention to; take care of; look to, look after, see to, see after; keep an eye on, keep a sharp eye on; chaperon, matronize, play gooseberry; keep watch, keep watch and ward; mount guard, set watch, watch; keep in sight, keep in view; mind, mind on'e business., look sharp, look about one; look with one's own eyes; keep a good lookout, keep a sharp lookout; have all one's wits about one, have all one's eyes about one; watch for (expect); keep one's eyes open, have the eyes open, sleep with one's eye open.
-adjectives
careful, regardful, heedful; taking care; particular; prudent (cautious); considerate; thoughtful (deliberative); provident (prepared); alert (active); sure-footed., guarded, on one's guard; on the qui vivre, on the alert, on watch, on the lookout; awake, broad awake, vigilant; watchful, wakeful, wistful; Argus-eyed; wide awake (intelligent); on the watch for (expectant)., tidy (orderly), (clean) [more]; accurate (exact); scrupulous (conscientious); cavendo tutus (safe).
-adverbs
carefully; with care, gingerly.
-phrases
quis custodiet istos custodes? "care will kill a cat" [Wither]; ni bebas aqua que no veas; "O polished perturbation! Golden care!" [Henry IV]; "the
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| Antonyms: | neglect |
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