CARING (FOR) Synonyms: 172 Similar and Opposite Words

caring (for)

verb

Definition of caring (for)

present participle of care (for)

as in watching

to take charge of especially on behalf of another will you care for the lawn while we're gone?

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as in administering (to)

to attend to the needs and comforts of he is caring for his mother while she's sick

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as in accepting

to have a favorable opinion of I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog

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as in wanting

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

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as in preferring

to show partiality toward she generally doesn't care for war movies

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Verb

Ask to eat a meal at the chef’s counter; watching the young kitchen team work is its own show.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026
In the demo, Meta showed people wearing the glasses while watching an NBA game and multitasking between applications.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of watching

Verb

The backstory For most of my life, the Old Dutch Inn has been just a faint memory of kicking my legs from a bar stool, drinking a Shirley Temple next to my late grandmother, who would likely have been nursing a gin and tonic.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
Mike, with his sharp features and small, dark hands, is probably at the Silver Spur right now, nursing his glass of vodka, two rocks, no twist.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of nursing

Verb

Speculation the two were romantically linked first surfaced in 2020, but by February 2021, Rodgers stunned fans by revealing he was engaged while accepting his third NFL MVP award.

— Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Hafley was gone by that season, accepting a job as co-defensive coordinator at Ohio State, before quickly taking over as head coach at Boston College the following year.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of accepting

Verb

If a ticket is purchased to listen to an entertainer sing songs, that does not extend to wanting to hear the entertainer share personal political or religious beliefs.

— Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2026
She can’t be faulted, then, for not wanting to take artistic advice from Stan Twitter.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of wanting

Verb

In July, the debate generated considerable dissent on the policy view, with three FOMC members voting against the decision to hold, preferring instead a quarter-point hike.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
What’s more, many older adult don’t generally think of counseling as an option in the first place, research suggests – instead preferring informal sources of help over professional mental health services.

— Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of preferring

Verb

In the Texas case, Autenrieth was hired by 3M just weeks before the trial began in a lawsuit over whether 3M should be held accountable for its role in supervising safety checks at the warehouse in Houston.

— Alyssa Spady, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
The film is produced by Ann Mukherjee for Sita22 Films, with Jitin Hingorani as co-producer and creative producer, Dhanraj Sawant as executive producer and Priyangi Borthakur as supervising producer.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of supervising

Verb

Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie balance empire-building with something far more personal, from unexpected sparks and new relationships, to healing old wounds and embracing independence.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Unselfed love reverses the world’s sway that would turn us away from the always-available guiding, loving, and healing messages of the eternal Christ that lead us to do good deeds to benefit humanity, individually or collectively.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of healing

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For anyone considering the field, Carpenter emphasizes that success is about more than simply liking babies.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026
For now, however, what the numbers actually show is a world adjusting to the new reality of great-power competition, feeling forced to choose one side without the luxury of liking it.

— Adam Y. Liu, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of liking

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