caring (for)
verb
1
as in supervising
to take charge of especially on behalf of another will you care for the lawn while we're gone? Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- supervising
- watching
- looking after
- seeing to
- overseeing
- taking care of
- seeing after
- managing
- attending
- tending
- operating
- protecting
- controlling
- guarding
- superintending
- presiding (over)
- governing
- minding
- conducting
- running
- guiding
- regulating
- patrolling
- directing
- safeguarding
- administrating
- shielding
- shepherding
- stewarding
- babysitting
- mothering
- babying
- chaperoning
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ignoring
- passing over
- forgetting
- neglecting
- abandoning
- disregarding
2
as in looking to
to attend to the needs and comforts of he is caring for his mother while she's sick Synonyms & Similar Words
- looking to
- looking after
- waiting on
- seeing to
- nursing
- doing for
- taking care of
- waiting upon
- looking out for
- administering (to)
- ministering (to)
- healing
- treating
- mothering
- supporting
- aiding
- curing
- providing (for)
- preserving
- catering (to)
- remedying
- conserving
- spoiling
- pampering
- doctoring
- babying
- mollycoddling
- coddling
- humoring
- indulging
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ignoring
- brushing (aside or off)
- forgetting
- overlooking
- neglecting
- slighting
3
as in accepting
to have a favorable opinion of I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog Synonyms & Similar Words
- accepting
- going for
- holding with
- approving (of)
- subscribing (to)
- standing by
- taking kindly to
- tolerating
- favoring
- supporting
- countenancing
- liking
- OK'ing
- applauding
- concurring (in)
- backing (up)
- enjoying
- okaying
- consenting (to)
- assenting (to)
- sustaining
- praising
- saluting
- upholding
- lauding
- acclaiming
- recommending
- enduring
- commending
- bearing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- frowning (on or upon)
- disapproving (of)
- criticizing
- dissenting (from)
- condemning
- denouncing
- disparaging
- objecting (to)
- damning
- depreciating
- blacklisting
- censuring
- deprecating
- disliking
- hating
- reprehending
- disfavoring
- discountenancing
- opposing
- minding
- reprobating
- loathing
- detesting
4
as in feeling like
to wish to have I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it Synonyms & Similar Words
- feeling like
- wanting
- liking
- enjoying
- loving
- grooving (on)
- revelling (in)
- delighting (in)
- reveling (in)
- welcoming
- dying (for)
- relishing
- fancying
- wishing (for)
- yearning (for)
- hankering (for or after)
- craving
- coveting
- desiring
- digging
- adoring
5
as in liking
to show partiality toward she generally doesn't care for war movies Synonyms & Similar Words
- liking
- preferring
- being partial to
- enjoying
- favoring
- going in for
- choosing
- leaning (toward or towards)
- wanting
- grooving (on)
- picking
- cottoning (to)
- revelling (in)
- delighting (in)
- reveling (in)
- singling (out)
- wishing (for)
- selecting
- hankering (for or after)
- relishing
- fancying
- digging
- adoring
- culling
- desiring
- craving
- tending (to)
- inclining (toward)
- appreciating
- handpicking
- coveting
- biasing
- naming
- admiring
- prejudicing
- taking
- valuing
- cherishing
- biassing
- treasuring
- prizing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- turning down
- disliking
- hating
- disfavoring
- throwing away
- throwing out
- refusing
- misliking
- loathing
- abhorring
- detesting
- rejecting
- declining
- abominating
- discarding
- jettisoning