CARING (FOR) Synonyms: 172 Similar and Opposite Words

caring (for)

verb

Definition of caring (for)

present participle of care (for)

as in watching

to take charge of especially on behalf of another will you care for the lawn while we're gone?

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as in administering (to)

to attend to the needs and comforts of he is caring for his mother while she's sick

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as in accepting

to have a favorable opinion of I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog

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as in wanting

to wish to have I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it

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as in preferring

to show partiality toward she generally doesn't care for war movies

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Instead, he’s spent August anxiously watching the orange skies from his house in the northern Nevada hills through two consecutive and adjacent wild-land fires, the Bug and Hawk Fires.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Owen Wolff, 21, was just a small child back then, watching his father play for MLS glory and represent America with the United States Men’s National Team.

— PJ Green August 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of watching

Verb

Herrick showed great character to play the full match despite nursing a knock to his right calf.

— Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Linebacker unit thinned out by injuries The left ankle injury Trey Moore sustained in Miami’s 26-3 loss to the Giants on Saturday means three of the four viable starters in this unit are nursing an injury.

— Omar Kelly August 24, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of nursing

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So deep are the divisions that hardliners have accused officials of deliberately mismanaging the economic crisis to pressure an exhausted public into accepting a deal.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Miller and Young each received two-year prison sentences but were released shortly after accepting the plea agreement.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of accepting

Verb

For retailers and brands wanting to tap in, differentiation will rely on newness and innovation.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026
The extension seems unlikely based on what McBride should want (and likely can get from another team) and New York wanting to keep as much flexibility as possible.

— James L. Edwards III, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of wanting

Verb

Rota chose to live in Southern Italy, in Bari, preferring it to his native Milan and Rome, the country’s capital of cinema.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
At its most recent meeting in July, three committee members dissented from the decision, preferring to raise the target range by a quarter-point.

— Rachel Barber, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of preferring

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Antosh recommends checking with a doctor before using a high-pressure bidet right after childbirth or with genital ulcers, since powerful streams can irritate healing tissue.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The film looks at Bareilles’ experience of channeling her own pain to create art and the healing journey that accompanied it.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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