FORGETS Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

forgets

verb

present tense third-person singular of forget

as in misses

to be unable to recall or think of I forget exactly on which street that the house is

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as in ignores

to fail to give proper attention to she promised not to forget her high school friends after she went off to college

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as in neglects

to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness he forgot the pot boiling on the stove

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as in fails

to miss the opportunity or obligation I forgot to call on his birthday

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Recent Examples of forgets Fire comes where there’s no water, but everyone forgets that. — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026 Gen either forgets or ignores the request, so Kat has to do it herself. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026 Memory loss associated with ECT treatment can include retrograde amnesia, in which the patient forgets events in the weeks or months – sometimes, though rarely, even the years – prior to treatment. — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 Framed by the background of struggling, working class Mexican immigrant parents — roots the candidate never forgets and frequently mentions. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 The colleague who recalls the exact figure from a report read months ago, or the friend who never forgets a name out of habit— both register as sharp, and everyone else registers as scattered. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Candace Owens, who often forgets that misogyny applies to her, too, chimed in on their behalf. — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2026 The sudden sight of a dish so delicious — or grotesque — the body briefly forgets its need for oxygen. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026 Vaani said ‘The mind forgets but the heart doesn’t, and great music stays in the heart…. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 July 2026

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Verb

Even for the game’s best kickers, misses happen from time to time, but the concerning part for the Chiefs is that the funk has become a trend.

— Pete Sweeney October 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
FDEs can drive value, but relying just on vendor FDEs alone misses the bigger opportunity.

— Rex Lee, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of misses

Verb

Is Jan Crawford meant to adhere to standards while the editor-in-chief consistently ignores them?

— Daniel Strauss, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2026
In Bethany Joy Lenz’s debut fiction novel, a painter spends her days honoring ordinary women the world overlooked — ones whose deaths were caused or enabled by a system that ignores them.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of ignores

Verb

The longer that Washington neglects its own robotics sector, the further behind it will fall.

— Scott Singer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
Both lawsuits seek damages based on a Missouri law that allows lawsuits against the secretary of state if the officeholder neglects their duties.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of neglects

Verb

If the more collaborative approach falters and a water agency fails to meet commitments, regulators still have the option of putting it back under the traditional regulations.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
If the effort fails, the president can give another candidate an opportunity to form a government.

— Itay Stern, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of fails

Verb

As for battery life, the MacBook Air wins most of the face-offs here, but loses to some key rivals, namely the HP Googlebook 14, by a fair margin.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
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— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of loses

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Leva Bonaparte is credited as an executive producer of the former series, but the new logline for season five omits mention of the show centering around her nightclub, Republic Garden & Lounge.

— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
The articles by Davidson and Craven in this sense exemplify a broader transphobic trend in the UK legacy media that minimizes or omits reference to the suffering of trans people.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026