cares (for)

verb

present tense third-person singular of care (for)
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)
  1. watches
  2. nurses
  3. accepts
  4. wants
  5. prefers
  6. supervises
  7. treats
  8. likes
Verb
  • Hannah Waddingham watches the 2026 Wimbledon Tennis Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England, on July 11.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • Dhir works at Recidiviz and only watches TV every four years.
    — Amrit Dhir, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
Definition of watches
Verb
  • After Robin is gravely injured, he is taken in by the sage prioress Brigid (Jodie Comer), who nurses him back to health at an island convent.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of nurses
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  • Under such a policy, if someone loses a job and accepts work at lower pay, wage insurance would aim to temporarily fill some of the gap.
    — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
  • Procurement accepts the lower bid because the budget won't accommodate the higher one.
    — Joel Carboni, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of accepts
Verb
  • No one really wants to keep wearing their stiff, uncomfortable boots after arriving back at camp following a long, challenging day on the trail.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 July 2026
  • In his second season and his first summer league, Thiero wants to break into the rotation for the new-look Lakers.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of wants
Verb
  • Georges is a big fan of Argentina legend Lionel Messi and prefers him over Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Girl Power on steroids, Nanno prefers cold hard justice to empathy every time.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of prefers
Verb
  • David Smith, who supervises the district’s aedes crew, said his team has received an increasing number of service requests for day-biting mosquitoes within the neighborhood.
    — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
  • View on Spotify Randall Poster, Air Mail’s Music Editor, supervises the music in movies.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 4 July 2026
Definition of supervises
Verb
  • Truist treats employee retention as an active, daily mission rather than a passive corporate policy, according to Rogers.
    — Chase Jordan July 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
  • The comms plan that treats independent media as a secondary consideration is the comms plan that underperforms.
    — Parry Headrick, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of treats
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  • No one likes the sloppy tailoring of Octavius’s open-back suit, but Law loves the jacket.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • Sandy, who uses a metal detector and likes to dig at night, recently donated fifty pieces of the type to a museum dedicated to one of the owners of Doves Press, and plans to complete the set.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Definition of likes
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“Cares (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cares%20%28for%29. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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