disregard
1 of 2verb
dis·re·gard ˌdis-ri-ˈgärd 
disregarded; disregarding; disregards
transitive verb
: to pay no attention to : treat as unworthy of regard or notice
Please disregard what I said in my last email.
He disregarded her advice.
disregard
2 of 2noun
: the act of treating someone or something as unworthy of regard or notice : the state of being disregarded (see disregard entry 1) : neglect
showed a complete disregard for the rules
disregardful
ˌdis-ri-ˈgärd-fəl
adjective 
Synonyms
Verb
- despise
- flout
- scorn
Noun
- apathy
- casualness
- complacence
- disinterestedness
- incuriosity
- incuriousness
- indifference
- insouciance
- nonchalance
- torpor
- unconcern
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb Please disregard what I said before. He disregarded his father's advice and left school. Some students completely disregard the rules of the school. Noun They treated the rules with complete disregard. revelers firing guns in the air with complete disregard for the possible consequences
Recent Examples on the Web
Tribune News Service, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2021 The comet’s death toll of course looks to be in the billions, which spurs Dibiasky and Mindy to disregard the president’s confidentiality orders and take their story public. Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021 In an October letter to the editor of the San Juan Record, Rep. Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, urged San Juan County Clerk Lyman Duncan, also a Republican, to disregard the court’s ruling and to dissolve the commission districts entirely. Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2021 Put aside the criminality and violence, disregard the poor name selection and play-calling: was Bishop Sycamore a school? Ryan Craig, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021 Republicans, a minority in the Golden State, are attempting to steal power with a tiny minority of the vote -- and install an extremist governor who is likely to disregard science and send us over a Covid cliff. Van Jones, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021 Mines said the report accuses suspect Matthew Smith, the fleeing driver, of wanting to disregard public safety. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 The list goes on, and will keep going on, because Donald Trump’s party has trained its most faithful voters to disregard bothersome notions like logic and consistency. BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 Many companies may want to disregard these sentiments or hope people will get over them eventually. Jaimie Green, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022 For the most part, people have settled into whatever level of caution or disregard suits them. Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2022 The violations involved what the COJ said was a pattern of actions from 2014 to 2018 and concerned what the COJ said was Todd’s disregard of the law as set forth by appellate courts. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2022 Cries for help are met with violent disregard, and this only further accelerates their deterioration. James Burns, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022 The timing of the shelling, Mr. Zelensky said, revealed Russia’s disregard for the IAEA and the international community. Isabel Coles, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 Trump’s disdain and disregard for the presidential record-keeping system he was legally bound to adhere to is well-documented. Jacqueline Alemany, Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022 One comic, playing on rampant disregard for air raid sirens, tells the crowd about an audience that stayed put in anticipation of his punch line after an alert had sounded. Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Aug. 2022 But there are special moments in the lifetime of our universe—such as its infancy, when the whole cosmos was the size of an atom—for which this disregard for small-scale physics fails us. Edgar Shaghoulian, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2022 See More
Verb
The comet’s death toll of course looks to be in the billions, which spurs Dibiasky and Mindy to disregard the president’s confidentiality orders and take their story public. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2021 The comet’s death toll of course looks to be in the billions, which spurs Dibiasky and Mindy to disregard the president’s confidentiality orders and take their story public. Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021 In an October letter to the editor of the San Juan Record, Rep. Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, urged San Juan County Clerk Lyman Duncan, also a Republican, to disregard the court’s ruling and to dissolve the commission districts entirely. Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2021 Put aside the criminality and violence, disregard the poor name selection and play-calling: was Bishop Sycamore a school? Ryan Craig, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021 Republicans, a minority in the Golden State, are attempting to steal power with a tiny minority of the vote -- and install an extremist governor who is likely to disregard science and send us over a Covid cliff. Van Jones, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021 Mines said the report accuses suspect Matthew Smith, the fleeing driver, of wanting to disregard public safety. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 The list goes on, and will keep going on, because Donald Trump’s party has trained its most faithful voters to disregard bothersome notions like logic and consistency. BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 Many companies may want to disregard these sentiments or hope people will get over them eventually. Jaimie Green, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Noun
The book illuminates sacrifice and support, disregard and denial. Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022 For the most part, people have settled into whatever level of caution or disregard suits them. Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2022 The violations involved what the COJ said was a pattern of actions from 2014 to 2018 and concerned what the COJ said was Todd’s disregard of the law as set forth by appellate courts. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2022 Cries for help are met with violent disregard, and this only further accelerates their deterioration. James Burns, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022 The timing of the shelling, Mr. Zelensky said, revealed Russia’s disregard for the IAEA and the international community. Isabel Coles, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 Trump’s disdain and disregard for the presidential record-keeping system he was legally bound to adhere to is well-documented. Jacqueline Alemany, Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022 One comic, playing on rampant disregard for air raid sirens, tells the crowd about an audience that stayed put in anticipation of his punch line after an alert had sounded. Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Aug. 2022 But there are special moments in the lifetime of our universe—such as its infancy, when the whole cosmos was the size of an atom—for which this disregard for small-scale physics fails us. Edgar Shaghoulian, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Verb
1613, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1659, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
disregard 1 of 2
verb
dis·re·gard ˌdis-ri-ˈgärd
disregarded; disregarding
: to pay no attention to
Please disregard my email.
disregard
2 of 2noun
: the act of paying no attention to
He treated the rules with complete disregard.
disregard 1 of 2
noun
as in casualness
lack of interest or concern revelers firing guns in the air with complete disregard for the possible consequences Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- casualness
- indifference
- nonchalance
- unconcern
- insouciance
- incuriosity
- recklessness
- carelessness
- apathy
- complacence
- incuriousness
- disinterestedness
- unawareness
- coldness
- heedlessness
- detachment
- tepidity
- lukewarmness
- tepidness
- lethargy
- callousness
- halfheartedness
- torpor
- stoicism
- impassivity
- impassiveness
- aloofness
- insensitivity
- dispassion
- bloodlessness
- stolidity
- callosity
- cool
- hardness
- hard-heartedness
- phlegm
- listlessness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- concern
- regard
- interest
- awareness
- attention
- curiosity
- attentiveness
- sensitivity
- keenness
- prejudice
- bias
- desire
- partiality
- conscientiousness
- zeal
- heedfulness
- warmth
- passion
- vehemence
- warmheartedness
- ardor
- fervency
disregard
2 of 2verb
1
as in to despise
to ignore in a disrespectful manner disregarded the wishes of his tradition-conscious family in his choice of a bride Synonyms & Similar Words
- despise
- forget
- neglect
- flout
- dismiss
- overlook
- scorn
- disparage
- pass over
- belittle
- slight
- deprecate
- overpass
- slur (over)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- accept
- use
- approve
2
as in to ignore
to fail to give proper attention to disregarded the posted warnings of avalanche danger and went skiing anyway Synonyms & Similar Words
- ignore
- forget
- neglect
- overlook
- miss
- bypass
- slight
- pass over
- reject
- omit
- disdain
- overpass
- slur (over)
- fail
- scorn
- shrug off
- scant
- pooh
- skimp
- pooh-pooh
- sluff (off)
- slough (off)
- brush (aside or off)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- regard
- heed
- appreciate
- tend (to)
- attend (to)
- mind
- value
- remember
- treasure
- prize
- cultivate
- follow
- foster
- cherish
- nurse
- listen (to)
- observe
- notice
- watch
- nurture
- note
- mark
- pamper
- remark
3
as in to forgive
to dismiss as of little importance this essay is so good that I can safely disregard a couple of spelling errors Synonyms & Similar Words
- ignore
- forgive
- overlook
- justify
- excuse
- explain
- pardon
- discount
- condone
- pass over
- whitewash
- shrug off
- paper over
- remit
- forgive and forget
- overpass
- rationalize
- gloss (over)
- blink (at)
- brush (aside or off)
- vindicate
- gloze (over)
- wink (at)
- close one's eyes to
- absolve
- exonerate
- exculpate
- waive
- acquit
- clear
- wave (aside or off)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- note
- mark
- heed
- mind
- object (to)
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of disregard are forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, and slight. While all these words mean "to pass over without giving due attention," disregard suggests voluntary inattention.
disregarded the wishes of his family
The words forget and disregard are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, forget may suggest either a willful ignoring or a failure to impress something on one's mind.
forget what others say
While the synonyms ignore and disregard are close in meaning, ignore implies a failure to regard something obvious.
ignored the snide remark
The words neglect and disregard can be used in similar contexts, but neglect implies giving insufficient attention to something that merits one's attention.
habitually neglected his studies
The synonyms overlook and disregard are sometimes interchangeable, but overlook suggests disregarding or ignoring through haste or lack of care.
in my rush I overlooked a key example
In some situations, the words slight and disregard are roughly equivalent. However, slight implies contemptuous or disdainful disregarding or omitting.
slighted several major authors in her survey
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