What is another word for negligent?
848 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ nˈɛɡlɪd͡ʒənt], [ nˈɛɡlɪdʒənt], [ n_ˈɛ_ɡ_l_ɪ_dʒ_ə_n_t]
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Similar words for negligent:
- accidental (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- careless (adjective)
- careless, indifferent (adjective)
- delinquent (adjective)
- devil-may-care (adjective)
- dilatory (adjective)
- disregardful (adjective)
- forgetful (adjective)
- harum-scarum (adjective)
- heedless (adjective)
- ignorant (adjective)
- improvident (adjective)
- inadvertent (adjective)
- inattentive (adjective)
- incautious (adjective)
- lax (adjective)
- loose (adjective)
- mindless (adjective)
- neglectful (adjective)
- nonchalant (adjective)
- oblivious (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- perfunctory (adjective)
- reckless (adjective)
- regardless (adjective)
- slipshod (adjective)
- slovenly (adjective)
- slow (adjective)
- slow-footed (adjective)
- slow-going (adjective)
- slow-paced (adjective)
- thoughtless (adjective)
- unaware (adjective)
- unconcerned (adjective)
- uninformed (adjective)
- unknowing (adjective)
- unmindful (adjective)
- unprofessional (adjective)
- unthinking (adjective)
- unthoughtful (adjective)
- unthrifty (adjective)
- unwary (adjective)
- off-guard (adverb)
- off-guard (adverb)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- careless (noun)
- negligent (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- extravagant
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Negligent:
adj.
• accidental (adjective) • all (adjective) • careless (adjective)- more uncircumspect,
- in-different,
- un-circumspect,
- in considerate,
- more pococurante,
- injudicious,
- offhand,
- more unreflective,
- un circumspect,
- un reflective,
- unguarded,
- most napping,
- in judicious,
- indolent,
- un-reflective,
- in different,
- unheeding,
- in-considerate,
- in-accurate,
- more napping,
- most pococurante,
- in-judicious,
- most unreflective,
- in discreet,
- un guarded,
- most uncircumspect,
- napping,
- in-discreet,
- un heeding,
- un-observant,
- in accurate,
- un observant,
- un-guarded,
- un-heeding.
- lax,
- derelict,
- slack,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- Discinct,
- inconsiderate,
- inattentive,
- neglectful,
- unmindful,
- incurious,
- cursory,
- unheedful,
- behindhand,
- Disregardful.
- more behind,
- un-paid,
- over due,
- more defaultant,
- most behind,
- most defaultant,
- un paid,
- unpaid,
- most procrastinating,
- more procrastinating,
- de relict,
- re-prehensible,
- redhanded,
- red handed,
- re prehensible,
- over-due,
- most offending,
- de-relict,
- more offending.
- more woolgathering,
- more airheaded,
- out lunch,
- in-attentive,
- more nirvanic,
- pre-occupied,
- asleep the job,
- most airheaded,
- most woolgathering,
- out it,
- be mused,
- most amnemonic,
- like absentminded professor,
- out to lunch,
- un-witting,
- like absent minded professor,
- be-mused,
- like an absentminded professor,
- like an absent minded professor,
- more mooning,
- most amnesic,
- more amnesic,
- most nirvanic,
- like absent-minded professor,
- not job,
- most mooning,
- asleep job,
- more amnemonic,
- not on job,
- un witting,
- in attentive,
- not the job,
- pipe dreaming,
- pre occupied.
- asleep the switch,
- goofing off,
- more daydreaming,
- asleep switch,
- un-caring,
- most daydreaming,
- un caring,
- most precipitate,
- fast loose,
- most irreflective,
- more irreflective.
- un-designed,
- unthought,
- not purpose,
- un devised,
- un premeditated,
- un-thought,
- un intended,
- most unthought,
- un-planned,
- un-devised,
- un designed,
- un-intentional,
- in-advertent,
- un-intended,
- un planned,
- in advertent,
- un thought,
- un intentional,
- un-premeditated,
- more unthought.
- dreamy,
- befuddled,
- preoccupied,
- unconscious,
- uninterested,
- Absent-minded,
- disinterested,
- detached,
- faraway,
- wandering,
- distracted,
- aloof,
- study at remiss,
- absent,
- Ignoring.
- in-cautious,
- more unwatchful,
- most fast and loose,
- most ill-judged,
- sticking neck out,
- more ill-judged,
- most foot-in-mouth,
- more foot-in-mouth,
- un watchful,
- more unalert,
- most unwatchful,
- sticking one neck out,
- most fast-and-loose,
- un-vigilant,
- sticking ones neck out,
- ill advised,
- in cautious,
- more fast-and-loose,
- illjudged,
- most illjudged,
- more illjudged,
- un-alert,
- foot in mouth,
- most unalert,
- more fast and loose,
- more unvigilant,
- most foot in mouth,
- most ill judged,
- ill judged,
- more foot in mouth,
- un vigilant,
- more ill judged,
- un alert,
- illadvised,
- most unvigilant,
- sticking one's neck out,
- un-watchful.
- more nonspecific,
- in definite,
- more overindulgent,
- in-definite,
- over-indulgent,
- most nonspecific,
- over indulgent,
- non specific,
- more imprecise,
- most overindulgent,
- most imprecise.
- un-intelligent,
- un intelligent,
- more nitwitted,
- most nitwitted,
- spacedout,
- more brutish,
- witless,
- most brutish.
- dis-impassioned,
- dis impassioned,
- in curious,
- un-excited,
- un impressible,
- un-troubled,
- un emotional,
- most unexcited,
- un troubled,
- un perturbed,
- most unimpressible,
- more disimpassioned,
- dis-interested,
- dis-passionate,
- un feeling,
- effortless,
- in-curious,
- un-ruffled,
- un-impressible,
- un-emotional,
- un ruffled,
- un flappable,
- un-perturbed,
- more unexcited,
- dis interested,
- most disimpassioned,
- more unimpressible,
- dis passionate,
- insouciant,
- un excited.
- in-sensible,
- most inconversant,
- most overlooking,
- over-looking,
- un instructed,
- more unnoticing,
- most unrecognizing,
- more overlooking,
- un-familiar,
- most blundering,
- un familiar,
- un noticing,
- most undiscerning,
- un-noticing,
- un-acquainted,
- in cognizant,
- in-conversant,
- more forgetting,
- in-cognizant,
- un acquainted,
- more unrecognizing,
- un-instructed,
- unfamiliar,
- un conscious,
- more blundering,
- most forgetting,
- most unnoticing,
- over looking,
- in conversant,
- more inconversant,
- un-discerning,
- more undiscerning,
- un-conscious,
- in sensible,
- un discerning,
- un recognizing,
- un-recognizing.
- improvident,
- slipshod,
- not all there,
- delinquent,
- unnoticing,
- not there,
- woolgathering,
- asleep at the switch,
- unthinking,
- undiscerning,
- nonchalant,
- non-specific,
- any way,
- Unimpressible,
- not on the job,
- unworried,
- fast-and-loose,
- not on purpose,
- Inconversant,
- slapdash,
- not knowing,
- careless,
- like an absent-minded professor,
- nitwitted,
- unvigilant,
- paying no mind,
- overindulgent,
- Irreflective,
- asleep on job,
- Hard-hearted,
- any old way,
- nonspecific,
- nonexpert,
- slowgoing,
- nirvanic,
- unthorough,
- walking through it,
- laid back,
- Disimpassioned,
- fouled-up,
- defaultant,
- looking out window,
- Uncircumspect,
- wide open,
- asleep at switch,
- going through the motions,
- imprecise,
- unexcited,
- unprofessional,
- unalert,
- unwatchful,
- unconcerned,
- messed-up,
- not told,
- unbriefed,
- out of it,
- asleep on the job,
- unmeticulous,
- regardless,
- going through motions,
- oblivious,
- incautious,
- not informed,
- unfitting,
- strung out,
- forgetful,
- unrecognizing,
- foot-in-mouth,
- loose,
- pay no mind,
- caught napping,
- brutish,
- airheaded,
- heedless,
- ill-judged,
- devil-may-care,
- thoughtless,
- perfunctory,
- slow,
- Pococurante,
- playing with fire,
- unwary,
- remiss,
- nonobservant,
- phoning it in,
- amnemonic,
- unreflective,
- amnesic.
- un interested,
- stereo typed,
- in-voluntary,
- phoning in,
- un-interested,
- in voluntary,
- stocker,
- laidback.
- hectic,
- rash,
- irresponsible,
- imprudent,
- wild,
- frantic,
- overventuresome,
- indifferent,
- daring,
- brash,
- foolhardy,
- uncareful.
- dis-regarding,
- more disregarding,
- most nonobservant,
- most disregarding,
- more nonobservant,
- non observant,
- dis regarding,
- non-observant,
- in sensitive,
- in-sensitive.
- messedup,
- most fouled-up,
- most fouledup,
- most fouled up,
- junkier,
- more screwed up,
- most messedup,
- un-kempt,
- most unmeticulous,
- screwed-up,
- most botched,
- more messed up,
- more unmeticulous,
- most messed-up,
- more unthorough,
- un tidier,
- un systematic,
- un-kemptest,
- more screwed-up,
- screwedup,
- most screwed up,
- un-tidier,
- more botched,
- un tidiest,
- more fouledup,
- be draggled,
- un meticulous,
- junky,
- junkiest,
- more screwedup,
- un tidy,
- most unthorough,
- un-systematic,
- more messed-up,
- most screwedup,
- be-draggled,
- fouledup,
- un kemptest,
- un-meticulous,
- un kempter,
- most screwed-up,
- more fouled up,
- un kempt,
- un-kempter,
- more messedup,
- unsystematic,
- un-tidiest,
- un-tidy,
- most messed up,
- more fouled-up,
- fly by night.
- in a daze,
- deaf to,
- not cognizant,
- out cold,
- un-enlightened,
- un aware,
- un-aware,
- un suspecting,
- un-suspecting,
- un enlightened,
- in daze.
- hard hearted,
- most unbothered,
- un sympathetic,
- un-moved,
- un bothered,
- re-served,
- more hard hearted,
- more unworried,
- most hard hearted,
- un-involved,
- un concerned,
- re served,
- un-concerned,
- un-worried,
- un worried,
- more unbothered,
- most hard-hearted,
- un involved,
- more hard-hearted,
- unbothered,
- un-bothered,
- most unworried.
- un briefed,
- in dark,
- un educated,
- more unbriefed,
- un-schooled,
- un schooled,
- un-informed,
- un-educated,
- most unbriefed,
- un-briefed,
- un informed.
- non-expert,
- more unfitting,
- un-professional,
- in-competent,
- non expert,
- in adequate,
- in efficient,
- un ethical,
- un worthier,
- un-fitting,
- in experienced,
- un fitting,
- in-expert,
- inefficient,
- un-worthiest,
- in-efficient,
- in expert,
- more nonexpert,
- more amateur,
- most unfitting,
- un professional,
- most nonexpert,
- un trained,
- in-experienced,
- un worthiest,
- un suitable,
- in competent,
- most amateur,
- un worthy,
- un-worthier,
- in-adequate,
- un-ethical,
- un-suitable,
- un-trained.
adv.
• off-guard (adverb)adv
• off-guard (adverb) • Other relevant words: (adverb)n.
• careless (noun) • negligent (noun)v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
• extravagant • Other relevant words: • Other relevant words (noun):- airy,
- silly,
- in the clouds,
- unprincipled,
- blase,
- elucidate,
- inattentiveness,
- unaffectionate,
- botched,
- misguided,
- chintzy,
- impolitic,
- relaxed,
- explicate,
- ruinous,
- recklessness,
- frowzy,
- slouchy,
- down-at-the-heel,
- undignified,
- dragging,
- floppy,
- seedy,
- slow-paced,
- inadvertence,
- dispassionate,
- slothful,
- mad,
- slatternly,
- illustrate,
- expand,
- weak,
- lazy,
- easy going,
- scatterbrained,
- dangerous,
- poky,
- musing,
- heedlessness,
- unconsidered,
- non-selective,
- unnoting,
- misconducted,
- uncritical,
- carefree,
- foolish,
- not mind,
- feckless,
- impotent,
- comply,
- nonconforming,
- unfastidious,
- deaf,
- adjourn,
- flexible,
- squalid,
- messy,
- Muffed,
- unfaithful,
- let slip,
- listless,
- turned-off,
- amnesiac,
- Skimping,
- uncaring,
- laissez faire,
- unfactual,
- dreaming,
- defer,
- sluggish,
- ataractic,
- permissive,
- tacky,
- Unobserving,
- in dreamland,
- blowzy,
- unknowing,
- draggled,
- unkempt,
- goldbrick,
- be negligent,
- undiscriminating,
- write,
- grasshopper,
- daredevil,
- Inobservant,
- interpret,
- neglect,
- approximate,
- carelessness,
- promiscuous,
- beat-up,
- indiscriminate,
- happy-go-lucky,
- inexact,
- unseemly,
- unscholarly,
- procrastinator,
- slow-footed,
- Unthrifty,
- imprudence,
- inaccurate,
- trifler,
- Slurring,
- dodger,
- nonrestrictive,
- feebleness,
- uninformed,
- thoughtlessness,
- scamping,
- postpone,
- unbefitting,
- otiose,
- clarify,
- remote,
- bedraggled,
- scraggly,
- unconscientious,
- cosset,
- Inexcitable,
- sordid,
- soft,
- Unsolicitous,
- dilatory,
- lay aside,
- easygoing,
- uncompliant,
- untrue,
- commentate,
- approximative,
- unbecoming,
- impulsive,
- inconstant,
- unanxious,
- sluttish,
- procrastinate,
- put aside,
- lose sight of,
- idle,
- mussy,
- slut,
- negligence,
- lumpen,
- absentminded,
- ill-managed,
- annotate,
- ill-done,
- idler,
- unsightly,
- compose,
- harum-scarum,
- shiftless,
- madcap,
- slacker,
- lenient,
- unthoughtful,
- unwise,
- distrait,
- Unprecise,
- ragged,
- unconforming,
- apathetic,
- insouciance,
- under the influence,
- supine,
- non-discriminatory,
- untidy,
- do-nothing,
- unethical,
- murdered,
- unselective,
- unloyal,
- ill-contrived,
- explain,
- easy,
- Defaulting,
- spoiled,
- lethargic,
- indulge,
- unfussy,
- incaution,
- frumpy,
- ill-considered,
- sketchy,
- suspend,
- bungler,
- shabby,
- bungled,
- slighting,
- tattered,
- ill-devised,
- mismanaged,
- retard,
- overpermissive,
- neglecter,
- breakneck,
- Neglecting,
- spotty,
- malingerer,
- misdirected,
- Fumbled,
- unworthy,
- unrestrained,
- raggedy,
- linger,
- pamper,
- ignorer,
- unobservant,
- absorbed,
- noncompliant,
- expound,
- Procrastinating,
- hare-brained,
- incorrect,
- informal,
- grubby,
- dilapidated,
- shirker,
- indulgent,
- stupid,
- out of true,
- develop,
- frumpish,
- failing,
- frowsy,
- take care of,
- improper,
- in rags,
- light,
- let go,
- wool-gathering,
- ill-advised,
- abstracted,
- oscitant,
- slow-going,
- Disregarder,
- indulge in,
- unneat,
- Butchered,
- inattention.
How to use "Negligent" in context?
In the legal system, negligence is defined as an omission to act that a reasonable person would have known would result in some harm. This harm can be physical or emotional and it can be to someone other than the negligent party. Negligence can also refer to a wrongful act or omission. In order to determine whether someone was negligent, courts look at a number of factors, including the nature of the act, the knowledge possessed by the defendant, and the situation in which the act took place.
Negligence can lead to a number of legal consequences.
Paraphrases for Negligent:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
careless, neglectful, remiss.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
casual, cavalier, inadvertent, involuntary.
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Noun, singular or mass
neglect.
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Verb, past participle
neglected, overlooked.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
carelessness.
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Noun, singular or mass
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