Antonyms of verb neglect

1 of 4 senses of neglect

Sense 1
neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap -- (leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten")
       Antonym of attend to (Sense 1)
      => attend to, take to heart -- (get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please")

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

4 senses of neglect

Sense 1
neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap -- (leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten")

Sense 2
fail, neglect -- (fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account")

Sense 3
neglect -- (fail to attend to; "he neglects his children")

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

Antonyms of adj neglected

2 senses of neglected

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")

Sense 2
neglected, unattended -- (lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended")

INDIRECT (VIA uncared-for) -> cared-for -- (having needed care and attention; "well-cared-for children")

Similarity of adj neglected

2 senses of neglected

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")

Sense 2
neglected, unattended -- (lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended")
       => uncared-for (vs. cared-for) -- (lacking needed care and attention)

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