Thesaurus:care

Thesaurus

care

English

Verb

Sense: to be concerned about, to be interested in

Synonyms

• becare
• bother
• care
• concern oneself
• mind
• reck (archaic)
• trouble oneself
• worry

Antonyms

• let slide
• neglect

Hyponyms

Usage note: All of these are chiefly used in negative sentences, and belong to an informal or vulgar register.

• care a button
• care a jackstraw
• care a fig
• care a hang
• care a hoot
• care a monkey's
• care a whit
• give a crap
• give a damn
• give a darn
• give a fig
• give a fuck
• give a flying fuck
• give a flying shit
• give a hang
• give a hoot
• give a light
• give a monkey's
• give a rat's arse
• give a rat's ass
• give a shit
• give a tin shit
• give a tinker's
• give a tinker's cuss
• give a tinker's damn
• give a tinker's toss
• give a toss
• give two hoots
• give two shits

See also

• couldn't care less
• I don't care
• who cares
• zero fucks given

Further reading

• “459. care” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “care” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.