Synonyms of caring (for)

caring (for)

verb

present participle of care (for)

1

as in watching

to take charge of especially on behalf of another

will you care for the lawn while we're gone?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• watching
• supervising
• overseeing
• looking after
• seeing to
• taking care of
• managing
• attending
• seeing after
• presiding (over)
• tending
• operating
• protecting
• controlling
• guarding
• superintending
• governing
• running
• conducting
• minding
• guiding
• regulating
• patrolling
• directing
• safeguarding
• shielding
• administrating
• stewarding
• shepherding
• babysitting
• mothering
• babying
• chaperoning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• forgetting
• abandoning
• neglecting
• passing over
• disregarding

2

as in administering (to)

to attend to the needs and comforts of

he is caring for his mother while she's sick

Synonyms & Similar Words

• administering (to)
• looking to
• looking after
• waiting on
• looking out for
• ministering (to)
• seeing to
• nursing
• taking care of
• doing for
• healing
• treating
• providing (for)
• mothering
• supporting
• catering (to)
• aiding
• curing
• preserving
• remedying
• conserving
• spoiling
• doctoring
• pampering
• babying
• indulging
• coddling
• mollycoddling
• humoring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• forgetting
• overlooking
• brushing (aside or off)
• 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
• approving (of)
• subscribing (to)
• going for
• holding with
• taking kindly to
• tolerating
• standing by
• favoring
• supporting
• backing (up)
• concurring (in)
• OK'ing
• liking
• consenting (to)
• enjoying
• assenting (to)
• applauding
• countenancing
• praising
• sustaining
• saluting
• recommending
• upholding
• lauding
• enduring
• acclaiming
• commending
• bearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• frowning (on or upon)
• disapproving (of)
• criticizing
• condemning
• denouncing
• dissenting (from)
• disparaging
• damning
• depreciating
• objecting (to)
• blacklisting
• censuring
• deprecating
• disliking
• disfavoring
• hating
• discountenancing
• opposing
• reprehending
• minding
• reprobating
• loathing
• detesting

4

as in wanting

to wish to have

I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wanting
• feeling like
• liking
• enjoying
• dying (for)
• wishing (for)
• loving
• yearning (for)
• grooving (on)
• delighting (in)
• reveling (in)
• welcoming
• hankering (for or after)
• relishing
• desiring
• fancying
• digging
• craving
• coveting
• adoring

5

as in preferring

to show partiality toward

she generally doesn't care for war movies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preferring
• liking
• leaning (toward or towards)
• going in for
• enjoying
• favoring
• choosing
• being partial to
• grooving (on)
• wanting
• wishing (for)
• delighting (in)
• reveling (in)
• singling (out)
• picking
• hankering (for or after)
• tending (to)
• cottoning (to)
• selecting
• inclining (toward)
• relishing
• digging
• fancying
• desiring
• culling
• adoring
• craving
• appreciating
• naming
• coveting
• biasing
• admiring
• taking
• prejudicing
• handpicking
• valuing
• cherishing
• treasuring
• prizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disliking
• turning down
• hating
• disfavoring
• refusing
• throwing away
• loathing
• abhorring
• rejecting
• misliking
• detesting
• declining
• throwing out
• abominating
• discarding
• jettisoning