Antonyms of verb ignore

2 of 5 senses of ignore

Sense 3
ignore -- (fail to notice)
       Antonym of notice (Sense 2)
      => notice, mark, note -- (notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words")

Sense 5
ignore -- (be ignorant of or in the dark about)
       Antonym of know (Sense 1)
      => know, cognize, cognise -- (be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ignore

5 senses of ignore

Sense 1
ignore, disregard, snub, cut -- (refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting")
       => treat, handle, do by -- (interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently")

Sense 2
dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore -- (bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances")
       => reject -- (refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper")

Sense 3
ignore -- (fail to notice)

Sense 4
neglect, ignore, disregard -- (give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors")

Sense 5
ignore -- (be ignorant of or in the dark about)

Antonyms of adj ignored

1 sense of ignored

Sense 1
ignored, neglected, unheeded -- (disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice")

INDIRECT (VIA unnoticed) -> noticed -- (being perceived or observed; "an easily noticed effect on the rate of growth")

Similarity of adj ignored

1 sense of ignored

Sense 1
ignored, neglected, unheeded -- (disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice")
       => unnoticed (vs. noticed) -- (not noticed; "hoped his departure had passed unnoticed")

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