What are the opposite words for care?
Care is a term that typically signifies concern, worry, or attention towards someone or something. It is an emotion that depicts the willingness to do what it takes to sustain and protect people or objects. However, care can also have antonyms, which are words that have the opposite meaning. Antonyms for care include words such as neglect, unconcern, indifference, recklessness, apathy, and disregard. These are emotions that reflect a lack of interest or caring for the well-being of people or things. In contrast to care, these antonyms can imply an absence of effort, responsibility, or attention. As such, it is important to understand the context in which these words are used to determine their precise meaning.
- abandon
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leave
- come away,
- give notice,
- go forth,
- going away,
- lay down,
- leave,
- leave behind,
- mislay,
- move out,
- ride off,
- run along,
- set out,
- Demised,
- Demising,
- Sallied,
- Sallying,
- letting go,
- lets go,
- legated,
- legating,
- give over,
- going forth,
- let be,
- laid down,
- left behind,
- all owed,
- all owing,
- all-owed,
- all-owing,
- be quest,
- be quested,
- be questing,
- be quests,
- be-quest,
- be-quested,
- be-questing,
- be-quests,
- bequested,
- bequesting,
- say goodbye,
- came away,
- comes away,
- coming away,
- de mise,
- de mises,
- de vise,
- de vised,
- de vising,
- de-mise,
- de-mises,
- de-vise,
- de-vised,
- de-vising,
- dis appear,
- dis appeared,
- dis appearing,
- dis appears,
- dis-appear,
- dis-appeared,
- dis-appearing,
- dis-appears,
- gave notice,
- gave over,
- gave slip,
- gave the slip,
- give slip,
- gives notice,
- gives over,
- gives slip,
- gives the slip,
- giving notice,
- giving slip,
- giving the slip,
- goes away,
- goes forth,
- head out,
- headed out,
- heading out,
- heads out,
- laying down,
- lays down,
- leaved behind,
- leaves behind,
- leaving behind,
- let continue,
- let stay,
- lets be,
- lets continue,
- lets stay,
- letted be,
- letted continue,
- letted go,
- letted stay,
- letting be,
- letting continue,
- letting stay,
- mis lay,
- mis laying,
- mis lays,
- mis-laid,
- mis-lay,
- mis-laying,
- mis-lays,
- moved out,
- moves out,
- moving out,
- ran along,
- re tire,
- re tired,
- re tires,
- re tiring,
- re-tire,
- re-tiring,
- remove oneself,
- removed oneself,
- removes oneself,
- removing oneself,
- rid off,
- rides off,
- rode off,
- runs along,
- said goodbye,
- saying goodbye,
- says goodbye,
- sets out,
- setting out,
- slipped out,
- slipping out,
- slips out,
- sur rendered,
- sur rendering,
- sur renders,
- sur-render,
- sur-rendered,
- sur-rendering,
- sur-renders,
- takes leave,
- taking leave,
- took leave,
- walked out,
- walks out,
- with draw,
- with drawing,
- with drawn,
- with draws,
- with drew,
- with-draw,
- with-drawing,
- with-drawn,
- with-drew.
-
desert
- give up,
- sneak off,
- Beaching,
- Re sign,
- Stranding,
- run out on,
- going AWOL,
- running out on,
- take a hike,
- be ached,
- be aching,
- be tray,
- be trays,
- be-ached,
- be-aching,
- be-tray,
- be-trays,
- crawl out,
- crawled out,
- crawling out,
- crawls out,
- de camp,
- de camped,
- de camping,
- de camps,
- de part,
- de parted,
- de parting,
- de parts,
- de sert,
- de-camp,
- de-camped,
- de-camping,
- de-camps,
- de-part,
- de-parted,
- de-parting,
- de-parts,
- de-sert,
- go over hill,
- go over the hill,
- go west,
- goes awol,
- goes over hill,
- goes over the hill,
- goes west,
- going over hill,
- going over the hill,
- leave high dry,
- leave lurch,
- leave stranded,
- leaved high and dry,
- leaved stranded,
- leaves stranded,
- leaving high and dry,
- leaving high dry,
- leaving stranded,
- left high and dry,
- left high dry,
- left stranded,
- play truant,
- played truant,
- plays truant,
- ran out on,
- re signed,
- re signing,
- re signs,
- re-signed,
- re-signs,
- sneaked off,
- sneaking off,
- sneaks off,
- take hike,
- takes a hike,
- takes hike,
- taking a hike,
- taking hike,
- took a hike,
- took hike,
- violated oath,
- violates oath,
- violating oath,
- went awol,
- went over hill,
- went over the hill,
- went west.
-
harm
- dilapidate,
- maltreat,
- muck up,
- Dilapidating,
- Illtreat,
- Winging,
- dilapidates,
- zinged,
- zinging,
- dump on,
- did violence to,
- didst violence to,
- dis commode,
- dis commodes,
- dis serve,
- dis served,
- dis serves,
- dis serving,
- dis-commode,
- dis-commodes,
- dis-serve,
- dis-served,
- dis-serves,
- dis-serving,
- do violence to,
- does violence to,
- doest violence to,
- doeth violence to,
- doing violence to,
- dost violence to,
- doth violence to,
- dumped on,
- dumping on,
- dumps on,
- in commode,
- in commodes,
- in conveniences,
- in-commodes,
- in-convenience,
- in-conveniences,
- mis used,
- mis using,
- mis-used,
- mis-using,
- mucked up,
- mucking up,
- mucks up,
- out raged,
- out rages,
- out raging,
- out-rage,
- out-raged,
- out-rages,
- out-raging,
- under mined,
- under mining,
- under-mined,
- under-mining.
- maroon
- regard highly
- tend to
- abandon, defect
-
injure; cause evil
- harm.
-
depart, abandon physically
- leaf.
-
foolishness
- absurdness,
- foolery,
- irresponsibility,
- silliness,
- unwiseness,
- Fooleries,
- carryings-on,
- absurdnesses,
- carrying-on,
- carryingon,
- carryings on,
- carryingson,
- fool trick,
- fool tricks,
- horse feather,
- in sanities,
- in sanity,
- in-sanities,
- in-sanity,
- irresponsibilities,
- mis take,
- mis takes,
- mis-take,
- mis-takes,
- un reasonableness,
- un reasonablenesses,
- un-reasonableness,
- un-reasonablenesses,
- unwisenesses.
-
defiance
- rebelliousness,
- recalcitrance,
- enjoinders,
- enjoinder,
- Factiousness,
- de fiance,
- de fiances,
- de-fiance,
- de-fiances,
- factiousnesses,
- impugnments,
- in subordination,
- in subordinations,
- in-subordination,
- in-subordinations,
- pro vocation,
- pro vocations,
- pro-vocations,
- re volt,
- re volts,
- re-volt,
- re-volts,
- rebelliousnesses,
- throwing of gauntlet,
- throwing of the gauntlet,
- throwing the gauntlet.
- contempt
- courage
- thoughtlessness
- neglect
-
danger
- exposure,
- hot potato,
- jeopardy,
- slipperiness,
- Exigencies,
- Uncertainties,
- thin ice,
- double trouble,
- double troubles,
- hot potatoes,
- in securities,
- in security,
- in stabilities,
- in stability,
- in-securities,
- in-security,
- in-stabilities,
- in-stability,
- pre cariousness,
- pre cariousnesses,
- pre-cariousness,
- risky business,
- slipperinesses,
- thin ices,
- un certainties,
- un certainty,
- un-certainties,
- un-certainty.
- ignoring
-
apathy
- emotionlessness,
- insensitivity,
- insouciance,
- passivity,
- halfheartedness,
- dis interest,
- dis interests,
- dis passion,
- dis passions,
- dis-interest,
- dis-interests,
- dis-passion,
- dis-passions,
- emotionlessnesses,
- half heartedness,
- half heartednesses,
- half-heartedness,
- half-heartednesses,
- halfheartednesses,
- in difference,
- in differences,
- in sensibilities,
- in sensibility,
- in sensitivities,
- in sensitivity,
- in-difference,
- in-differences,
- in-sensibilities,
- in-sensibility,
- in-sensitivities,
- in-sensitivity,
- insensitivities,
- insouciances,
- passivities,
- un concern,
- un concerns,
- un responsiveness,
- un responsivenesses,
- un-concern,
- un-concerns,
- un-responsiveness,
- un-responsivenesses.
- assurance
- audacity
- blunder
- carelessness
- daring
- default
- delinquency
-
disregard
- brushoff,
- brush offs,
- brush-off,
- brush-offs,
- brushoffs,
- dis regard,
- dis regards,
- dis respect,
- dis respects,
- dis-regard,
- dis-regards,
- dis-respect,
- dis-respects,
- in advertences,
- in attention,
- in attentions,
- in-advertence,
- in-advertences,
- in-attention,
- neglectings,
- un mindfulness,
- un mindfulnesses,
- unmindfulnesses.
- fault
- fling
- inconsideration
-
indiscretion
- crudeness,
- excitability,
- gaffe,
- imprudence,
- indiscreetness,
- ingenuousness,
- recklessness,
- simple mindedness,
- tactlessness,
- Misspeak,
- misspeaks,
- simplemindedness,
- crudenesses,
- dropping ball,
- dropping the ball,
- excitabilities,
- fool mistake,
- fool mistakes,
- foul ups,
- foul-up,
- foul-ups,
- foulup,
- foulups,
- in discreetness,
- in discreetnesses,
- in discretion,
- in discretions,
- in-discreetness,
- in-discreetnesses,
- in-discretion,
- in-discretions,
- indiscreetnesses,
- ingenuousnesses,
- mis judgment,
- mis judgments,
- mis speak,
- mis speaks,
- mis-judgment,
- mis-speak,
- mis-speaks,
- screw ups,
- screw-ups,
- simple mindednesses,
- simple-mindedness,
- simple-mindednesses,
- simplemindednesses,
- slip of tongue,
- slip the tongue,
- tactlessnesses,
- un seemliness,
- un seemlinesses,
- un-seemliness,
- un-seemlinesses.
-
indulgence
- extravagance,
- forbearance,
- goodwill,
- immoderation,
- intemperateness,
- permissiveness,
- Profligateness,
- Permissivenesses,
- immoderations,
- babyings,
- coddlings,
- ex cess,
- ex-cess,
- ex-cesses,
- favorings,
- gratifyings,
- in temperance,
- in temperances,
- in temperateness,
- in temperatenesses,
- in-temperances,
- in-temperateness,
- in-temperatenesses,
- intemperatenesses,
- kowtowings,
- pamperings,
- pettings,
- placatings,
- pleasings,
- profligatenesses,
- spoilings,
- toadyings,
- treatings,
- under standing,
- under standings,
- under-standing,
- under-standings.
-
intractability
- dis orderliness,
- dis orderlinesses,
- dis-orderliness,
- dis-orderlinesses,
- in docilities,
- in docility,
- in tractabilities,
- in tractability,
- in-docilities,
- in-docility,
- in-tractabilities,
- un controllabilities,
- un controllability,
- un controllableness,
- un controllablenesses,
- un governableness,
- un governablenesses,
- un manageabilities,
- un manageability,
- un towardnesses,
- un-controllabilities,
- un-controllability,
- un-controllableness,
- un-controllablenesses,
- un-governablenesses,
- un-manageabilities,
- un-manageability,
- un-towardnesses.
- intractableness
- lapse
- license
- licentiousness
- misconduct
- negligence
- overconfidence
- oversight
- unruliness
- unthoughtfulness
-
aversion
- hatred,
- Hates,
- dis favor,
- dis favors,
- dis gust,
- dis gusts,
- dis inclination,
- dis inclinations,
- dis liking,
- dis likings,
- dis pleasure,
- dis pleasures,
- dis satisfaction,
- dis satisfactions,
- dis taste,
- dis tastes,
- dis-favor,
- dis-favors,
- dis-gust,
- dis-gusts,
- dis-inclination,
- dis-inclinations,
- dis-liking,
- dis-likings,
- dis-pleasure,
- dis-pleasures,
- dis-satisfaction,
- dis-satisfactions,
- dis-taste,
- dis-tastes,
- dislikings,
- having no use for,
- having no use fors,
- in disposition,
- in dispositions,
- in-disposition,
- in-dispositions,
- un willingness,
- un willingnesses,
- un-willingness,
- un-willingnesses.
- confidence
- effrontery
- folly
- impudence
- inconsiderateness
- intrepidity
- mistake
- nerve
- presumptuousness
- slip
- spree
- temerity
- recklessness, daring
- dislike; opposition
-
personal interest, concern
- advantage,
- aid,
- assistance,
- assurance,
- benefit,
- blessing,
- calm,
- calmness,
- carelessness,
- comfort,
- composure,
- confidence,
- contentment,
- delight,
- disregard,
- ease,
- encouragement,
- happiness,
- health,
- help,
- ignorance,
- inattention,
- joy,
- joyfulness,
- neglect,
- negligence,
- omission,
- oversight,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- pleasure,
- relief,
- thoughtlessness,
- tranquility.
- carefulness, attention to detail
- disdain, disrespect
- hazard, troublesome situation
- failure; want
- disobedience, disregard
- nerve, boldness
- blame, sin; mistake
- unrestrained behavior
- nonsense, ridiculous idea
- idiocy, nonsense
- luxury; gratification
- abandon, indulgence
- daring, boldness
- failure, omission
- forwardness, daring
-
error, goof
- slip.
- wild activity
- nerve, audacity
-
Other relevant words
- brutalize,
- contemn,
- kick around,
- maltreat,
- manhandle,
- misgovern,
- mishandle,
- mistreat,
- look down,
- maladminister,
- abruptness,
- assurance,
- brashness,
- calm,
- comfort,
- confidence,
- consolation,
- content,
- contentment,
- disregard,
- ease,
- easiness,
- impetuousness,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- inattention,
- inattentiveness,
- inconsiderateness,
- inconsideration,
- neglect,
- nonchalance,
- omission,
- oversight,
- placidness,
- precipitousness,
- quiet,
- relief,
- remissness,
- satisfaction,
- slight,
- solace,
- suddenness,
- thoughtlessness,
- unkindness,
- unwariness.
- Other antonyms
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- Antonyms:
- grow, ignore, plant.