care
noun
[ kɛː ]
• the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something.
• "the care of the elderly"
Similar:
safe keeping,
supervision,
custody,
charge,
protection,
keeping,
keep,
control,
management,
ministration,
guidance,
superintendence,
tutelage,
aegis,
responsibility,
guardianship,
wardship,
trusteeship,
trust,
provision of care,
looking after,
parenting,
mothering,
fathering,
concern,
consideration,
attention,
attentiveness,
thought,
regard,
mind,
notice,
heed,
solicitude,
interest,
caringness,
sympathy,
respect,
• serious attention or consideration applied to doing something correctly or to avoid damage or risk.
• "he planned his departure with great care"
Similar:
caution,
carefulness,
wariness,
awareness,
heedfulness,
heed,
attention,
attentiveness,
alertness,
watchfulness,
vigilance,
circumspection,
prudence,
guardedness,
observance,
discretion,
judiciousness,
forethought,
thought,
regard,
mindfulness,
conscientiousness,
painstakingness,
pains,
effort,
meticulousness,
punctiliousness,
fastidiousness,
accuracy,
precision,
care
verb
• feel concern or interest; attach importance to something.
• "they don't care about human life"
Similar:
be concerned,
worry (oneself),
trouble oneself,
bother,
mind,
concern oneself with,
be interested in,
interest oneself in,
trouble oneself with,
have regard for,
burden oneself with,
give a damn,
give a hoot,
give a rap,
give a hang,
give a tinker's curse/damn,
give a monkey's,
lose sleep over,
get worked up,
• look after and provide for the needs of.
• "he has numerous animals to care for"
Similar:
look after,
take care of,
tend,
attend to,
mind,
minister to,
take charge of,
nurse,
provide for,
foster,
protect,
watch,
guard,
be responsible for,
keep safe,
keep an eye on,
sit with,
babysit,
childmind,
Origin:
Old English caru (noun), carian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old High German chara ‘grief, lament’, charon ‘grieve’, and Old Norse kǫr ‘sickbed’.
