ignored

The word “ignored” has 2 syllables: ig-nored

It's pronounced as /ɪɡˈnɔrd/


What is synonym and antonym for ignored?

In the thesaurus, “ignored” has 143 synonyms and 62 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ignored along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ignored

  • abandoned
  • abortive
  • absolved
  • acquitted
  • affronted
  • backward
  • behindhand
  • blackballed
  • bypassed
  • careless
  • cast aside
  • cast off
  • cast-off
  • castaway
  • cleared
  • condoned
  • deaf
  • decayed
  • declined
  • deferred
  • depreciated
  • derelict
  • deserted
  • desolate
  • despised
  • destitute
  • deteriorated
  • discarded
  • discounted
  • disdained
  • dishonored
  • dismissed
  • disobeyed
  • disowned
  • disregarded
  • disused
  • embryonic
  • empty
  • evaded
  • exculpated
  • excused
  • exonerated
  • explained
  • failed
  • forgave
  • forgave and forgot
  • forgot
  • forgotten
  • forlorn
  • forsaken
  • friendless
  • godforsaken
  • half-baked
  • heedless
  • idle
  • inattentive
  • inchoate
  • incipient
  • inexperienced
  • infringed
  • inobservant
  • isolated
  • jettisoned
  • jilted
  • junked
  • justified
  • lapsed
  • latent
  • left alone
  • left at the altar
  • left behind
  • left in the lurch
  • lonely
  • lorn
  • marooned
  • miserable
  • missed
  • neglected
  • not explained
  • not responded to
  • omitted
  • outcast
  • overlooked
  • overpassed
  • papered over
  • pardoned
  • passed over
  • pending
  • pooh-poohed
  • poohed
  • postponed
  • potential
  • primitive
  • primordial
  • rationalized
  • refuse
  • rejected
  • remitted
  • retracted
  • scanted
  • scorned
  • shabby
  • shrugged off
  • shunned
  • skimped
  • slighted
  • solitary
  • spurned
  • tabled
  • thrown over
  • tossed aside
  • traduced
  • transgressed
  • unactualized
  • unattended
  • unconsidered
  • underdeveloped
  • underestimated
  • undervalued
  • unevolved
  • unheeded
  • unmindful
  • unnoted
  • unnoticed
  • unobserved
  • unprogressive
  • untaught
  • untended
  • untrained
  • unused
  • unwanted
  • unwatched
  • unwatchful
  • vacant
  • vacated
  • vindicated
  • violated
  • void
  • waived
  • waste
  • whitewashed
  • without reply
  • wretched

Antonyms for ignored

  • adult
  • answered
  • appreciated
  • cared for
  • certain
  • cherished
  • considered
  • contemplated
  • cultivated
  • decided
  • determined
  • developed
  • followed
  • fostered
  • grown
  • heeded
  • heeding
  • helped
  • kept
  • marked
  • mature
  • minded
  • mutual
  • noted
  • noticed
  • nursed
  • nurtured
  • observed
  • pampered
  • populated
  • prized
  • reciprocated
  • reclaimed
  • reconditioned
  • recovered
  • redeemed
  • regarded
  • rehabbed
  • rehabilitated
  • remarked
  • remembered
  • repeopled
  • requited
  • rescued
  • responded to
  • restored
  • retrieved
  • returned
  • salvaged
  • satisfied
  • saved
  • settled
  • shared
  • thought-out
  • treasured
  • unbroken
  • used
  • valued
  • wanted
  • watched
  • well cared for
  • well tended

Meanings of ignored

  • verb
    1. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
    2. To pretend to not notice someone or something.
    3. Fail to notice.
    4. Not to know.

Example Sentences

  • Despite repeated warnings, he ignored the signs of impending trouble.
  • The teacher felt frustrated when her instructions were ignored by the students.
  • The urgent plea for action should not be ignored by policymakers.
  • She ignored his messages, hoping to move on from the past.
  • The consequences of environmental degradation cannot be ignored any longer.

On this page you'll find 205 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ignored, such as: abandoned, abortive, absolved, acquitted, adult, affronted, answered.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abandoned

abhorred

  • abandoned
  • abhorrent
  • abominated
  • accursed
  • alienated
  • anathematized
  • appalled
  • atrocious
  • avoided
  • awful
  • condemned
  • creepy
  • cursed
  • deplored
  • deprecated
  • despicable
  • despised
  • detested
  • discountenanced
  • disdained
  • disesteemed
  • disfavored
  • disgusting
  • disliked
  • displeased
  • drip
  • dumpy
  • estranged
  • execrable
  • execrated
  • fastidious
  • fed up
  • forgotten
  • full up
  • godawful
  • grody
  • gross
  • grossed out
  • had bellyful
  • had enough
  • had it
  • had it in for
  • hateable
  • hated
  • hateful
  • heinous
  • horrid
  • ignored
  • loathed
  • loser
  • lousy
  • low-down
  • maggot
  • monstrous
  • nauseated
  • nauseous
  • obnoxious
  • odious
  • offensive
  • ostracized
  • out
  • out of favor
  • outraged
  • outrageous
  • overwrought
  • queasy
  • rejected
  • repelled
  • repugnant
  • repulsed
  • repulsive
  • revolted
  • revolting
  • rotten
  • satiated
  • scandalized
  • scorned
  • shocking
  • shunned
  • sick
  • sick and tired of
  • sick of
  • sorry
  • squeamish
  • tired
  • turned off
  • unaccepted
  • unappreciated
  • unattractive
  • unbeloved
  • uncared-for
  • undesirable
  • unfavorite
  • unhappy
  • unloved
  • unpopular
  • unvalued
  • unwanted
  • unwelcome
  • up to here
  • vile
  • weary
  • weird
  • wimpy

abominated

absented oneself

failed

  • abortive
  • acted up
  • atrocious
  • average
  • bad
  • bankrupt
  • bombed
  • broke
  • broke down
  • broken
  • busted
  • came a cropper
  • came to grief
  • came up empty
  • chagrined
  • cheated
  • collapsed
  • collapsing
  • crashed
  • cratered
  • crumbled
  • cut out
  • decayed
  • deceived
  • declined
  • declining
  • defaulted
  • defeated
  • deficient
  • degenerated
  • deluded
  • depleted
  • destitute
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • died
  • died on the vine
  • disappointed
  • disappointing
  • disastrous
  • discontented
  • disenchanted
  • disgruntled
  • disillusioned
  • displeased
  • disregarded
  • dissatisfied
  • distressed
  • doomed
  • drooped
  • emaciated
  • execrable
  • exhausted
  • faded
  • failing
  • fell flat
  • fell short
  • fizzled
  • flagged
  • flamed out
  • flopped
  • flopping
  • floundered
  • flunked
  • flunking
  • foiled
  • folded
  • folding
  • foreclosed
  • forgot
  • foundered
  • fruitless
  • futile
  • futureless
  • gave out
  • hopeless
  • ignored
  • ill-fated
  • imploded
  • impoverished
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  • in receivership
  • in the red
  • inadequate
  • inauspicious
  • indebted
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • inferior
  • insolvent
  • jammed
  • kaput
  • kaputt
  • kerflooey
  • lacking
  • lagged
  • laid an egg
  • languished
  • let down
  • losing
  • lost
  • low-grade
  • malfunctioned
  • mediocre
  • miscarried
  • misfired
  • missed
  • missed out on
  • mocked
  • neglected
  • no-good
  • normal
  • omitted
  • on the rocks
  • ordinary
  • out of business
  • out of money
  • overlooked
  • overpassed
  • passed over
  • poor
  • pretermitted
  • ran down
  • representative
  • rotted
  • ruined
  • sagged
  • sank
  • second-class
  • second-rate
  • self-destructed
  • skidded
  • skipped
  • slid
  • slighted
  • slipped
  • slipping
  • slumped
  • slumping
  • spent
  • sputtered
  • stalled
  • strapped
  • struck out
  • struggled
  • substandard
  • sunk
  • taken to the cleaners
  • tanked
  • tapped out
  • thwarted
  • typical
  • unavailing
  • unbalanced
  • undone
  • unlucky
  • unproductive
  • unpromising
  • unsatisfactory
  • unsuccessful
  • upset
  • useless
  • vain
  • vile
  • waned
  • waning
  • washed out
  • washing-out
  • weakened
  • went
  • went under
  • wheezed
  • wilted
  • wiped-out
  • withered
  • wore out
  • worthless
  • wrecked
  • wretched
  • yielded

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