Thesaurus:ignore

Thesaurus

ignore

English

Verb

(transitive)

Sense: to deliberately not pay attention to

Synonyms

• brush off (idiomatic)
• disregard
• dissemble
• ignore
• misheed
• misregard
• neglect
• pass
• pass by    [⇒ thesaurus] (idiomatic)
• pay no heed (idiomatic)
• put aside (idiomatic)
• shrug off (idiomatic)
• take no notice of (idiomatic)
• tune out (idiomatic)
• unmind
• unheed

Antonyms

• examine    [⇒ thesaurus]
• pay attention    [⇒ thesaurus]
• recognize
• watch

Hyponyms

• blank
• cold-shoulder
• cut someone cold
• cut someone dead
• give someone the brush-off (idiomatic)
• give someone the cold shoulder (idiomatic)
• leper (fig., rare)
• ostracize
• send to Coventry (idiomatic)
• shun
• slight
• snub
• boycott    [⇒ thesaurus]
• disobey    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• close one's eyes (idiomatic)
• look the other way (idiomatic)
• shut one's eyes (idiomatic)
• turn a blind eye (idiomatic)
• turn a deaf ear (idiomatic)
• turn one's back (idiomatic)
• zone out

See also

• Thesaurus:fail to notice (unintentional act)

Further reading

• “460. neglect” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “773. nonobservance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “ignore” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.