1
as in watches
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
will you care for the lawn while we're gone?
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2
as in ministers (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
he is caring for his mother while she's sick
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3
as in accepts
to have a favorable opinion of
I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog
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4
as in wants
to wish to have
I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it
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5
as in prefers
to show partiality toward
she generally doesn't care for war movies
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cares (for)
Verb
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The Satanic Slasher's got a heck of a body count already when he’s pulled over by cops for a routine traffic stop, and Kansas highway patrol officer Jane Archer (Georgina Campbell) watches her husband get gunned down in cold blood in front of her.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Keen observers, Anglophiles, and anyone who watches movies made before 1972 will notice more than a casual similarity to Kind Hearts and Coronets, the old Ealing comedy in which an enterprising young Dennis Price attempts to off his relatives in order to claim the family fortune.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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Real-time ride transparency—When a teen accepts a ride, parents receive a link to track their trips in real time.—
Staff Author,
Parents,
15 Feb. 2026
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The quarter zip took on a life of its own in September, when Restricted, a Miami luxury reseller that primarily stocks Chrome Hearts and accepts cryptocurrency as payment, claimed to be selling the genuine article.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
14 Feb. 2026
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Well, the dog died, and now Lauren wants to take bereavement leave.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Now, Achane likely wants to get paid, something Miami Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan explained will likely have to wait considering the current cap restraints.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Strip Law is a show that prefers to keep everything very close to the surface, including its case-of-the-week mocking of how surface-level Las Vegas is — even if roughly half those cases don’t have much to do with Vegas at all.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Feb. 2026
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Michael Cunningham prefers free agent Zack Littell, who’s durable and can do the dirty work to get the Braves into playoff contention.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Jack Lang had been summoned to report on Sunday to the Foreign Ministry, which supervises the Arab World Institute, a cultural and research institution that promotes understanding of the Arab world.—
Reuters 13 hr ago,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Rodriguez works at an after-school program in Orange County and supervises third graders.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
25 Nov. 2025
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There are options, and that’s the way first-year Braves manager Walt Weiss likes it.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Fennel also prefers slightly dry alkaline soil compared to the moist slightly acidic soil basil likes.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
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Not everyone enjoys the company of the jeans guy.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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She’s modeled for publications like Grazia Bulgaria and enjoys dance, too.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Cares (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cares%20%28for%29. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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