Care

Noun

 * 1)  Grief, sorrow.
 * 2) Close attention; concern; responsibility
 * 3) worry
 * 4) maintenance, upkeep
 * 5) The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession)
 * 6) the state of being cared for by others

Verb

 * 1)  To be concerned about, have an interest in.
 * 2)  To look after.
 * 3)  To be mindful of.
 * 4) Polite or formal way to say want.

Adjectives for Care
considerable; fostering; wrinkled; persistent; efficient; extreme; municipal; telltale; providential; sympathetic; ignoble; wearying; warlike; chief; overpowering; conscientious; earth-born; practical; untuned; unremitting; apparitional; scrutinizing; eating; arduous; fevered; conquered; alliterative; preventive; utmost; prodigious; perpetual; silent; commonplace; judicious; self-intrusted; mortal; same; knowing; vexing; heavy; particular; gnawing; magnificent; altruistic; reverent; pale; touching; loving; consumptive; excellent; shallow; pastoral; intrusive; daintiest; prudent; exaggerated; vigilant; infinite; special; unusual; foreboding; exacting; sinful; late; surgical; maternal; miserable; sheltering; sordid; rigid; pitying; colossal; intensive; queenly; distracting; peremptory; ancient; religious; studious; sedulous; solicitous; protective; hospitable; exquisite; admirable; tender; expert; rooted; squalid; searing; wrinkling; stern; ageless; minute; tireless; human; pressing; deliberate; visible; foolish; constant; inevitable; unctuous; inadequate; masterly; incessant; patriarchal; scientific; secret; degrading; unhappy; reverential; dull; business; public; sincere; harassing; artistic;  dismal;  ill-reputed; wasting; fastidious; considerate; domestic; humbler; stimulating; carping; patient; unquiet; paternal; medical; ministering; nice; meanest; gigantic; thoughtful; bounteous; sharp; fatherly; elaborate; watchful; timely; indefatigable; peculiar; jealous; anxious; cankering; institutional; painstaking; tender; sufficient; chary; honest; reverent; fearful; scrupulous; rankling; loving; never-ceasing; heavy; sleepless; grisly; meticulous;

Verbs for Care
abolish—; banish—; bend with—; bestow—upon; brood with—; charge with—of; choke with—; conduct with—; delegate—of; demand—; deride—; devote—to; discharge—s; disclaim—; drive away—; droop with— drown—; dull with—; ease—; escape— exempt from—; exercise—; foster with— free from—; fret with—; harass with— heal —s; intrust—of; kill —s; lavish— upon; lay aside—; lift —s; load with—; lose —s; merit—; observe—; oppress with— overcome with—; perform with—; redouble—; relax—; release from—; rest from— rout—; shake off—; share —s; soothe—s; sour with—; twist with—; unload —s; wash away—; waste with—; weigh down with—; wrack with—; wring with—; yoke with—; —ceases; — chafe; — consume; — linger; —perplexes; —pursues; furrow with—.

Adverbs for Care
particularly; hardly; assiduously; violently; chiefly; scientifically; reverentially; artistically; patiently; paternally; medically; bounteously; indefatigably; jealously; anxiously; painstakingly; tenderly; sufficiently; scrupulously; never-ceasingly; meticulously; efficiently; conscientiously; unremittingly; arduously; magnificently; providently; touchingly; prudently; exaggeratedly; surgically; maternally; religiously; studiously; sedulously; solicitously; hospitably; exquisitely; expertly; patriarchally; domestically.

Synonyms for Care
attention, concern, solicitude, heed, anxiety, watchfulness, forethought, wariness, precaution, perplexity, prudence, caution, trouble, vigilance, worry, circumspection, charge.

Antonyms for Care
neglect, carelessness, negligence, disregard, heedlessness, omission, oversight.

Derived terms

 * caregiving
 * Care Sunday
 * take care of
 * care for

Thesaurus
concern, concernment, conduct, conformance, conformity, consciousness, consider, consideration, consignment, consternation, control, countenance, cross, crown of thorns, cure, curiosity, curse, custodianship, custody, daily bread, delegated authority, delegation, deliberate stages, deliberateness, deliberation, deputation, devolution, devolvement, difficulties, difficulty, dig, diligence, direction, discharge, discretion, dismay, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, dole, dolor, downer, dread, ear, earnestness, echo, economic planning, economic support, economicalness, economy, economy of means, effort, embassy, empathize with, empowerment, encouragement, encumbrance, endowment, enthusiasm, entrusting, entrustment, errand, execution, executorship, exequatur, exertion, eye, factorship, false economy, fancy, favor, fear, foreboding, forebodingness, forehandedness, forethought, fosterage, fret, frugality, frugalness, fulfillment, full power, gall, gall and wormwood, gingerliness, good management, goodwill, governance, government, grief, grievance, guardedness, guardianship, guarding, guidance, handling, hands, hard knocks, hard life, hard lot, hardcase, hardship, heartache, heartbreak, heartfelt grief, heartgrief, hedge, hedging, heed, heedfulness, heeding, hesitation, hold, husbandry, identify with, infliction, inquietude, intendance, intentiveness, intentness, interest, irritation, judiciousness, jurisdiction, keep, keeping, lamentation, languishment, legation, license, lieutenancy, like, livelihood, living, load, look after, love, loving care, maintenance, malaise, management, manna, means of dealing, meat, meticulousness, mind, mindfulness, ministry, misery, misgiving, mission, mothering, nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, note, notice, nourishment, nurse, nurture, observance, observation, office, oppression, overanxiety, oversight, pack of troubles, pains, parsimoniousness, parsimony, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, pawkiness, pay attention, peck of troubles, performance, perturbation, pining, pins and needles, plenipotentiary power, plight, power of attorney, power to act, practice, predicament, preparedness, pressure, preventive custody, price support, prior consultation, procuration, prostration, protect, protection, protective custody, protectorship, provide for, providence, provision, proxy, prudence, prudential administration, prudentialness, pucker, punctiliousness, purview, react, reck, regard, regardfulness, regency, regentship, regret, relate to emotionally, remark, respect, respond, responsibility, rigor, rue, running, sadness, safe hands, safekeeping, safeness, safety first, satisfaction, sea of troubles, seconding, share, slowness to act, solicitude, sorrow, sorrowing, sparingness, sponsorship, stew, stewardship, strain, stress, stress of life, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, subvention, suffering, superintendence, superintendency, supervision, support, surveillance, suspense, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, sympathize with, sympathy, take an interest, take care of, take charge of, task, tend, tender loving care, tension, tentativeness, think, thorn, thoroughness, thought, thoughtfulness, thrift, thriftiness, tight purse strings, treatment, trial, tribulation, trouble, troubles, trust, trusteeship, tutelage, uncommunicativeness, unease, uneasiness, unprecipitateness, unquietness, unwastefulness, upkeep, upset, usage, vale of tears, vexation, vicarious authority, vicissitude, vigilance, ward, wardenship, wardship, warrant, watch and ward, watch over, watchfulness, waters of bitterness, weight, wing, woe, worry, zeal, abetment, accordance, accountability, acquittal, acquittance, adherence, administration, adverse circumstances, adversity, advertence, advertency, advocacy, aegis, affliction, agency, agentship, aggravation, agitation, agony, alarm, alertness, all-overs, angst, anguish, annoyance, anticipation, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, assiduity, assiduousness, assignment, attend to, attention, attention span, attentiveness, auspices, austerity, austerity program, authority, authorization, awareness, backing, be affected, be concerned, be fond of, be in tune, be inspired, be involved, be moved, be responsible for, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter draught, bitter pill, blight, bossing, bread, brevet, bummer, burden, burden of care, calculation, cankerworm of care, canniness, care about, care for, careful consideration, carefulness, carking care, carrying out, catch the flame, catch the infection, caution, cautiousness, championship, change color, charge, chariness, charity, circumspection, circumspectness, color with emotion, commission, commissioning, commitment, compliance, concentration,