Synonyms of ignores

ignores

verb

present tense third-person singular of ignore

1

as in forgets

to fail to give proper attention to

ignoring your health now will haunt you further down the road

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forgets
• neglects
• disregards
• overlooks
• misses
• rejects
• bypasses
• omits
• passes over
• slurs (over)
• fails
• slights
• disdains
• scorns
• overpasses
• sloughs (off)
• brushes (aside or off)
• shrugs off
• pooh-poohs
• sluffs (off)
• skimps
• scants

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tends (to)
• regards
• appreciates
• attends (to)
• minds
• values
• heeds
• fosters
• treasures
• prizes
• cultivates
• remembers
• cherishes
• follows
• nurses
• nurtures
• notices
• observes
• watches
• listens (to)
• notes
• marks
• remarks
• pampers

2

as in forgives

to dismiss as of little importance

although the movie is a cinematic tour de force, one can't ignore the fact that it seriously distorts history

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forgives
• overlooks
• disregards
• explains
• justifies
• pardons
• excuses
• condones
• whitewashes
• discounts
• remits
• passes over
• shrugs off
• forgives and forgets
• brushes (aside or off)
• glosses (over)
• papers over
• winks (at)
• blinks (at)
• rationalizes
• overpasses
• closes one's eyes to
• glozes (over)
• vindicates
• exonerates
• absolves
• waives
• exculpates
• acquits
• waves (aside or off)
• clears

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• notes
• minds
• marks
• objects (to)
• heeds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ignores

Gen either forgets or ignores the request, so Kat has to do it herself. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

Suzanne, the sulky, artistic type, scowls and pointedly ignores their noisy energy. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

The possibility of cloning the Peruvian system in Venezuela also ignores how long the process took. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

This belligerent stance completely ignores the heavy price of the Netanyahu strategy. — Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026

But that formulation ignores the crucial matter of what those things do to the people who use them. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

The senator’s second argument, concerning conference expansion, ignores the fact that the Act places no restrictions on UConn’s ability to join any conference. — Randy Levine, Hartford Courant, 27 Aug. 2026

If a cyclist ignores a moving violation summons and gets stopped again while cycling, there’s nothing the NYPD can do other than issue more moving violation summonses that will be ignored and go unpaid. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

But that’s a much smaller part of the story than the argument suggests, and ignores that the majority of the competitive stakes in major European divisions are driven by the quest for continental competition. — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026