'Ignore' definitions:
Definition of 'ignore'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
Bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore]
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Definition of 'Ignore'
From: GCIDE
- Ignore \Ig*nore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignored; p. pr. & vb. n. Ignoring.] [L. ignorare; pref. in- not + the root of gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted with. See Know, and cf. Narrate.]
- 1. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that they ignore. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for lack of evidence. See Ignoramus. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person. [1913 Webster]
- Ignoring Italy under our feet, And seeing things before, behind. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ignore'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abide with,
- abjure,
- accept,
- allow for,
- avoid,
- ban,
- bar,
- bar out,
- be big,
- be blind to,
- be caught napping,
- be caught out,
- be content with,
- be easy with,
- be inattentive,
- be neglectful,
- be negligent,
- be unwary,
- bear with,
- blink at,
- blockade,
- break the law,
- brook,
- brush aside,
- brush off,
- care naught for,
- chuck,
- chuck out,
- color,
- condone,
- connive at,
- contemn,
- contradict,
- count out,
- cut,
- cut dead,
- cut off,
- debar,
- decline,
- default,
- defy,
- deny,
- despise,
- digest,
- diminish,
- disapprove,
- discard,
- disclaim,
- discount,
- disdain,
- dismiss,
- disobey,
- disown,
- disregard,
- down,
- ease,
- eat,
- embargo,
- endure,
- evade,
- except,
- exclude,
- extenuate,
- fail,
- flout,
- forget,
- forswear,
- freeze out,
- give no heed,
- give the go-by,
- gloss over,
- go counter to,
- hear nothing,
- judge not,
- keep out,
- lapse,
- lean over backwards,
- leave out,
- leave unavenged,
- lessen,
- let go,
- let it go,
- let pass,
- let ride,
- let slide,
- let slip,
- listen to reason,
- live with,
- lock out,
- look right through,
- lose sight of,
- lose track of,
- make allowance for,
- make allowances for,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- mince,
- miss,
- mitigate,
- neglect,
- nod,
- not attend,
- not care for,
- not conform,
- not get involved,
- not heed,
- not keep,
- not listen,
- not mind,
- not notice,
- not observe,
- not think,
- not write off,
- omit,
- ostracize,
- overlook,
- overpass,
- palliate,
- pass by,
- pass over,
- pass up,
- pay no attention,
- pay no mind,
- pocket,
- pocket the affront,
- pooh-pooh,
- preclude,
- prohibit,
- push aside,
- rebuff,
- recant,
- refuse,
- refuse to acknowledge,
- refuse to consider,
- refuse to cooperate,
- refuse to recognize,
- regard with indulgence,
- reject,
- relegate,
- renounce,
- repel,
- repudiate,
- repulse,
- scoff at,
- scout,
- see both sides,
- see nothing,
- send to Coventry,
- set at defiance,
- set at naught,
- set naught by,
- shove away,
- shut out,
- sleep,
- slight,
- slur over,
- snub,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- spurn,
- stomach,
- suspend judgment,
- swallow,
- swallow an insult,
- taboo,
- take,
- take for granted,
- think little of,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- tolerate,
- transgress,
- turn aside provocation,
- turn away,
- turn out,
- varnish,
- view with indulgence,
- violate,
- waive,
- whitewash,
- wink at