Care

//kɛə//

Synonyms for "care" (475 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (95)

caution concern worry anxiety attention burden carefulness custody guardianship heed keep oversight regard responsibility solicitude superintendence trouble vigilance watchfulness abetment

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Verb(4 words)

worry becare besorrow bother

Noun(2 words)

aid attention

Strong matches (143)

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commitment compliance concentration concernment conduct conformance conformity consciousness conservation consider consideration consignment consternation control countenance cross crown of thorns cure curiosity curse custodianship daily bread damn deal with delegated authority delegation deliberate stages deliberateness deliberation deputation devolution devolvement difficulties difficulty dig diligence direction discharge discomfort discretion dismay disquiet disquietude distress disturbance dole dolor downer dread ear earnestness echo economic planning economic support economicalness economy economy of means effort embassy empathize with empowerment encouragement encumbrance endowment enthusiasm entrusting entrustment errand execution executorship exequatur exertion eye factorship false economy fancy favor fear foreboding forebodingness forehandedness foresight forethought fosterage fret frugality frugalness fulfillment full power gall gall and wormwood gingerliness good management goodwill governance

Verb(23 words)

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give care give two hoots give two shits

Noun(5 words)

caution charge concern fear forethought

Related words (237)

government grief grievance guardedness guarding guidance hand handling hands hard knocks hard life hard lot hardcase hardship heartache heartbreak heartfelt grief heartgrief hedge hedging

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heedfulness heeding hesitation hold husbandry identify with infliction inquietude intendance intentiveness intentness interest irritation judiciousness jurisdiction keeping lamentation languishment legation license lieutenancy like livelihood living load look after love loving care maintenance malaise manage management mandate manna means of dealing meat meticulousness mind mindfulness ministry misery misgiving mission mothering nervous strain nervous tension nervousness note notice nourishment nurse nurture observance observation office oppression overanxiety pack of troubles pains parsimoniousness parsimony pastorage pastorate pastorship patronage pawkiness pay attention peck of troubles performance perplexity perturbation pining pins and needles plenipotentiary power plight possession power of attorney power to act practice precision predicament preparedness preservation pressure preventive custody price support prior consultation procuration prostration protect protection protective custody protectorship provide for providence provision proxy prudence prudential administration prudentialness pucker punctiliousness purview react reck regardfulness regency regentship regret relate to emotionally remark respect respond rigor rue running sadness safe hands safekeeping safeness safety first satisfaction sea of troubles seconding security service share slowness to act sorrow sorrowing sparingness sponsorship stew stewardship strain stress stress of life subsidization subsidy subsistence subvention suffering superintendency supervision support surveillance suspense sustainment sustenance sustentation sympathize with sympathy tact take an interest take care of take charge of task tend tender loving care tension tentativeness think thorn thoroughness thought thoughtfulness thrift thriftiness tight purse strings tlc treatment trial tribulation troubles trust trusteeship tutelage uncommunicativeness unease uneasiness unprecipitateness unquietness unwastefulness upkeep upset usage vale of tears vexation vicarious authority vicissitude ward wardenship wardship wariness warrant watch and ward watch over waters of bitterness weight wing wish woe zeal

Noun(6 words)

guardianship maintenance precaution tending tutelage upkeep

Verb(8 words)

handle heed like manage mind reck trouble oneself wish

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

27 entries

aid anxiety assist command compassionate condole with control desire feel for fix fixing fixture help judiciousness mend mending

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More specific

34 entries

care a button care a fig care a hang care a hoot care a jackstraw care a monkey's care a rat's arse care a rat's ass care a whit give a crap give a damn give a darn give a fig give a flying fuck give a flying shit give a fuck

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Antonyms

17 entries

abuse antipathy apathetic apathy being being mean disinterest disregard hate hurt ignore indifferent mean neglect negligence uncaring

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Synonyms

23 entries

anxiety attention burden carefulness caution concern custody guardianship heed keep manage oversight perplexity regard responsibility solicitude

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Related terms

6 entries

I don't care carcake chary couldn't care less who cares zero fucks given

derived

158 entries

Care Sunday Hillary-care I don't care Medicare Obama-care TLC Trump-care aftercare aged care allocare ambulatory care baby-care babycare backcare becare birdcare

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distinct from

1 entries

hate

etymologically related_to

1 entries

chary

is a

6 entries

predicament protection repair taking care of word work

manner of

2 entries

feel for help

receives action

2 entries

required to pass big rig required to pass bigrig

related to

191 entries

about action affection affection for after assistance attachment attention babies be concerned be nice bear bears behaviour being being nice

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Translations

353 translations across 69 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

re noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
reja noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

μέριμνα noun (worry)
ἐπιμέλεια noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
ἐπιμέλεια noun (maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance)
ἐπιμέλια noun (treatment of those in need)

Arabic

4 entries

اِهْتِمَام noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
رعاية noun (treatment of those in need)
رِعَايَة noun (treatment of those in need)
عِنَايَة noun (treatment of those in need)

Armenian

3 entries

խնամք noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
հոգ noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
հոգս noun (worry)

Aromanian

2 entries

cãshtighedzu verb (to look after)
frundisescu verb (to look after)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

diqqət noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
qayğı noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
qayğı noun (worry)
baxmaq verb (to look after)

Belarusian

4 entries

апе́ка noun (treatment of those in need)
до́гляд noun (treatment of those in need)
кло́пат noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
кло́пат noun (worry)

Bengali

4 entries

এহতেমাম noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
চিন্তা noun (worry)
পরোয়া noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
যত্ন noun (maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance)

Bulgarian

4 entries

грижа noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
грижи noun (treatment of those in need)
отговорност noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
безпокоя се verb (to be mindful of)

Catalan

4 entries

compte noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
cura noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
preocupar-se verb (to be concerned about)
tenir cura verb (to look after)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

ئاگا noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

擔心 /担心 noun (worry)
關懷 /关怀 noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
關照 /关照 noun (treatment of those in need)
小心 verb (to be concerned about)

Czech

4 entries

péče noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
péče noun (treatment of those in need)
pečovat verb (to look after)
starat verb (to be concerned about)

Danish

4 entries

bekymring noun (worry)
forsigtighed noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
omsorg noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
omsorg noun (treatment of those in need)

Dutch

2 entries

zorg noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
geven verb (to be concerned about)

Esperanto

4 entries

atento noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
flegado noun (treatment of those in need)
zorgo noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
zorgo noun (worry)

Estonian

3 entries

hoolima verb (to be concerned about)
hoolima verb (to look after)
huvitama verb (to be concerned about)

Finnish

4 entries

hoito noun (maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance)
hoito noun (treatment of those in need)
hoitoala noun (treatment of those in need)
hoitotyö noun (treatment of those in need)

French

4 entries

soin noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
soin noun (treatment of those in need)
souci noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
souci noun (worry)

Galician

4 entries

cadillo noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
coidado noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
coido noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
cudio noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

German

4 entries

Pflege noun (treatment of those in need)
Pflege noun (state of being cared for)
Sorge noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
kümmern verb (to look after)

Gothic

3 entries

𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌽 verb (to be concerned about)
𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌽 verb (to be concerned about)

Greek

4 entries

έγνοια noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
νοιάζει verb (to be concerned about)
νοιάζομαι verb (to be mindful of)
φροντίζω verb (to look after)

Hanunoo

1 entries

alaga noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Hawaiian

1 entries

mālama verb (to look after)

Hindi

1 entries

परवाह noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Hungarian

4 entries

figyelem noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
törődés noun (treatment of those in need)
ápolás noun (treatment of those in need)
óvatosság noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Icelandic

1 entries

sama verb (to be concerned about)

Ido

2 entries

sorgar verb (to look after)
suciar verb (to be concerned about)

Indonesian

4 entries

asuhan noun (treatment of those in need)
perawatan noun (treatment of those in need)
perawatan noun (state of being cared for)
peduli verb (to be concerned about)

Irish

4 entries

aire noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
cúraimí noun (treatment of those in need)
cúram noun (treatment of those in need)
sníomh noun (worry)

Italian

4 entries

attenzione noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
cura noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
curare verb (to look after)
interessarsi verb (to be concerned about)

Japanese

4 entries

気にかける noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
気にする noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
世話をする verb (to look after)
介抱する verb (to look after)

Kazakh

1 entries

күтім noun (treatment of those in need)

Korean

4 entries

걱정하다 verb (to be concerned about)
돌보다 verb (to look after)
보살피다 verb (to look after)
상관하다 verb (to be concerned about)

Ladino

1 entries

kudio noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Latgalian

3 entries

klopotys noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
ryupeste noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
ryupestis noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Latin

4 entries

cura noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
cura noun (worry)
cūra noun (treatment of those in need)
cūra noun (state of being cared for)

Latvian

4 entries

gādība noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
gādīgums noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
rūpe noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
rūpe noun (worry)

Macedonian

1 entries

грижа noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Malay

4 entries

rawatan noun (treatment of those in need)
rawatan noun (state of being cared for)
menjaga verb (to look after)
peduli verb (to be concerned about)

Malayalam

3 entries

ഉത്തരവാദിത്തം noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
ശുശ്രൂഷ noun (treatment of those in need)
ശ്രദ്ധ noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Mongolian

2 entries

анхаарал noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
анхаарал noun (treatment of those in need)

Māori

2 entries

tautiakanga noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
tautiakitanga noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

ushuhuliha verb (to be concerned about)

Norwegian

1 entries

nennsomhet noun (worry)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

forsiktighet noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
omsorg noun (treatment of those in need)
pleie noun (treatment of those in need)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

omsorg noun (treatment of those in need)
pleie noun (treatment of those in need)

Old English

3 entries

caru noun (worry)
ġīeme noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
rēċan verb (to be concerned about)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

بال noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
تیمار noun (treatment of those in need)
دقت noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Hutt noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
Sorj noun (worry)

Polish

4 entries

opieka noun (treatment of those in need)
troska noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
dbać verb (to look after)
martwić się verb (to be concerned about)

Portuguese

4 entries

assistência noun (treatment of those in need)
atendimento noun (treatment of those in need)
cuidado noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
manutenção noun (maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance)

Romanian

3 entries

grijă noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
păs noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
îngriji verb (to look after)

Russian

4 entries

беспоко́йство noun (worry)
забо́та noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
забо́та noun (worry)
забо́та noun (treatment of those in need)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

aire noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
suim noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

briga noun (worry)
skrb noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
skrb noun (maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance)
skrb noun (treatment of those in need)

Slovak

4 entries

opatrnosť noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
starostlivosť noun (maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance)
starostlivosť noun (treatment of those in need)
starostlivosť noun (state of being cared for)

Spanish

4 entries

cuidado noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
esmero noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
primor noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
cuidar verb (to look after)

Swedish

4 entries

bekymmer noun (worry)
omsorg noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
omsorg noun (treatment of those in need)
omtanke noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Tagalog

2 entries

pag-iingat noun (treatment of those in need)
pakialam noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Tamil

1 entries

அக்கறை noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Thai

4 entries

ดูแล verb (to look after)
สน verb (to be concerned about)
สนใจ verb (to be concerned about)
สนใจ verb (to be mindful of)

Tocharian B

1 entries

snauki noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)

Turkish

4 entries

bakım noun (maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance)
dikkat noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
kaygı noun (worry)
tasa noun (worry)

Ukrainian

4 entries

до́гляд noun (treatment of those in need)
неспокі́й noun (worry)
турбо́та noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
турбо́та noun (worry)

Vietnamese

3 entries

chăm sóc verb (to look after)
quan tâm verb (to be concerned about)
quan tâm verb (to look after)

Zazaki

4 entries

itimad noun (close attention, concern or responsibility)
qaxu noun (worry)
tedawi noun (treatment of those in need)
timar noun (maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance)

Zulu

1 entries

ukukhatazeka noun (worry)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.

Source: tatoeba (1321)

My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.

Source: tatoeba (1392)

I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore.

Source: tatoeba (1502)

I have a great fear of being disdained by those I love and care about.

Source: tatoeba (1920)

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