Synonyms of ignoring

ignoring 1 of 2

noun

as in disregard

Related Words

• disregard
• forgetting
• overlooking
• misconduct
• neglect
• misdemeanor
• wrong
• nonobservance
• misfeasance
• offense
• violation
• infringement
• delinquency
• contravention
• sin
• infraction
• transgression
• trespass
• invasion
• breach
• intrusion
• encroachment
• misprision
• dereliction

Dissimilar Words

• observance
• respecting
• noninfringement
• upholding

ignoring

2 of 2

verb

present participle of ignore

1

as in forgetting

to fail to give proper attention to

ignoring your health now will haunt you further down the road

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forgetting
• disregarding
• neglecting
• overlooking
• missing
• rejecting
• bypassing
• omitting
• passing over
• slurring (over)
• slighting
• failing
• overpassing
• disdaining
• scorning
• brushing (aside or off)
• sloughing (off)
• skimping
• shrugging off
• pooh-poohing
• sluffing (off)
• scanting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regarding
• attending (to)
• tending (to)
• valuing
• appreciating
• heeding
• fostering
• minding
• cultivating
• remembering
• nurturing
• nursing
• cherishing
• treasuring
• watching
• following
• listening (to)
• noticing
• observing
• noting
• prizing
• marking
• remarking
• pampering

2

as in forgiving

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

• forgiving
• overlooking
• disregarding
• explaining
• justifying
• excusing
• pardoning
• discounting
• condoning
• whitewashing
• passing over
• brushing (aside or off)
• remitting
• blinking (at)
• winking (at)
• glossing (over)
• shrugging off
• papering over
• forgiving and forgetting
• rationalizing
• overpassing
• glozing (over)
• closing one's eyes to
• vindicating
• exonerating
• exculpating
• waiving
• absolving
• acquitting
• waving (aside or off)
• clearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noting
• marking
• objecting (to)
• heeding
• minding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ignoring

Noun

Strategic ignoring begins with recognizing that attention is not an unlimited asset, but a leadership resource. — Nick Leighton, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Addressing Modern Behavior Patterns Verification tools such as these address behavior patterns such as preemptive ignoring, digital curiosity, and selective responsiveness, all of which have become more common in recent years. — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026

Verb

Barely a week into the Lakers’ season, ignoring the records, forgetting the statistics, only one thing is abundantly clear. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

The department did not respond to a request to share its legal justification for ignoring the Biden-era changes. — Cory Turner, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

City of Aurora One speaker accused the council of ignoring residents' concerns, while another delivered one of the night's sharpest rebukes. — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Except people are very good at ignoring problems that feel distant, gradual, or politically loaded. — Jake Rozmaryn, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

Conceiving citizenship as the public work of neighbors building a better common life together does not require ignoring or undermining the legal meaning of the term. — Trygve Throntveit, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026

Today this legacy of ignoring or erasing Black women’s pain contributes to their maternal mortality rate being more than three times higher than that of white women. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026

Cameron Berg, who founded the nonprofit Reciprocal Research to study the potential for AI consciousness, argues that ignoring the question could carry its own dangers. — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2026

With nearly 70% of listeners now consuming video podcasts, treating an interview as just a microphone chat means ignoring how your audience actually consumes content. — Victoria Usher, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026