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looking after

phrase , present participle of look after

Synonyms and Antonyms of looking after

1 to attend to the needs and comforts of

She didn't have many patients to look after and so they each received a lot of attention.

Synonyms of looking after

administering (to), caring (for), ministering (to), mothering, nursing

Words Related to looking after

curing, healing, remedying

doctoring, treating

aiding, conserving, preserving, providing (for), supporting

babying, coddling, mollycoddling, pampering, spoiling

catering (to), humoring

Phrases Synonymous with looking after

doing for [chiefly British], looking out for, looking to, seeing to, taking care of, waiting on (also waiting upon)

Near Antonyms of looking after

brushing (aside or off), forgetting, ignoring, neglecting, overlooking, slighting

2 to take charge of especially on behalf of another

With so many children to look after they had to call in another caregiver.

Synonyms of looking after

attending, caring (for), minding, overseeing, superintending, supervising, tending, watching

Words Related to looking after

administrating, conducting, controlling, directing, governing, guiding, managing, operating, presiding (over), regulating, running, stewarding

guarding, patrolling, protecting, safeguarding, shielding

babying, babysitting, chaperoning, mothering, shepherding

Phrases Synonymous with looking after

seeing after, seeing to, taking care of

Near Antonyms of looking after

abandoning, disregarding, forgetting, ignoring, neglecting, passing over

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