Synonyms of cared

cared

verb

past tense of care

as in watched

to have an interest or concern for

a teacher who cares what happens to her students long after they leave her classroom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• watched
• minded
• looked out (for)
• noticed
• attended
• regarded
• heeded
• observed
• noted
• felt (for)
• sympathized (with)
• empathized (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• overlooked
• disregarded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cared

Dave cared about music deeply and his idea to create 120 Minutes helped shape a really cool era in music. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026

Wilson was such a dominant inside-the-arc force that UNC never cared to waste his attempts on the perimeter. — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 11 July 2026

Hotel taxes More readers cared about this issue than any other. — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026

Thank you to the Television Academy, and to everyone who has cared about the show. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Sheetz, who won an Emmy for his work on The Simpsons, has been an animator long enough to watch technology destabilize his profession before anyone cared about AI. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

These guys have never cared about American soccer, especially the men's team. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

When freedom becomes the dominant word, the underlying structure that the founders cared about becomes less visible. — Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2026

No one cared about party labels or political agendas, religious agendas or anything else. — ABC News, 2 July 2026