care

care · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The provision of what is necessary for health and protection.

  2. 2.

    To feel concern or interest.

  3. 3.

    Serious attention or consideration.

  4. 4.

    To look after and provide for needs.

  5. 5.

    A feeling of concern or worry.

  6. 6.

    To like or want.

Forms

plural: cares

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    take care — be careful; goodbye
  • •
    care for — to like; to look after
  • •
    couldn't care less — completely indifferent
  • •
    in care of — addressed through someone
  • •
    for all I care — expressing indifference
  • •
    I don't care — it doesn't matter to me
  • •
    with care — carefully; attentively

Related words

Antonyms: carelessness, indifference, neglect
See also: attention, concern, look after, worry
Synonyms: attention, caution, concern, worry

Etymology

From Old English "caru" meaning sorrow, anxiety, or concern, from Proto-Germanic "*karō" meaning lament or grief.