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care

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CARE

to have an interest or concern for <a teacher who cares what happens to her students long after they leave her classroom>

Synonyms look out (for), mind, watch

Related Words attend, heed, regard; note, notice, observe; empathize (with), feel (for), sympathize (with)

Near Antonyms disregard, ignore, overlook

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