What's The Definition Of Care?
[n] activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care"
[n] the work of caring for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needed constant attention"
[n] attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is under the care of a physician"
[n] judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"
[n] a cause for feeling concern; "his major care was the illness of his wife"
[n] an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
[v] be concerned with; "I worry about my grades"
[v] feel concern or interest; "I really care about my work"; "I don't care"
[v] prefer or wish to do something; "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?"
[v] be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
[v] provide care for; "The nurse was caring for the wounded"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Care: aid |
attention |
caution |
charge |
concern |
deal |
fear |
forethought |
give care |
guardianship |
handle |
like |
maintenance |
manage |
precaution |
tending |
tutelage |
upkeep |
wish |
worry
Related Terms | Find terms related to Care: 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 |
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 |
TLC |
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
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anxiety |
assist |
attend |
babysitting |
camera care |
car care |
care |
care for |
carry on |
cherish |
come to grips |
command |
compassionate |
condole with |
conduct |
control |
coordinate |
dental care |
desire |
direct |
dispose of |
dry-nurse |
due care |
faith cure |
faith healing |
feel for |
first aid |
fix |
fixing |
fixture |
fuss |
get to grips |
give care |
great care |
hair care |
hairdressing |
help |
hold dear |
incubation |
inspection and repair |
judiciousness |
juggle |
livery |
look |
manicure |
mending |
mind |
mind |
misconduct |
mishandle |
mismanage |
mother |
nourishment |
nurse |
nursing |
nurturance |
ordinary care |
organise |
organize |
overhaul |
overprotect |
pedicure |
personal care |
pity |
please |
plight |
predicament |
process |
protection |
providence |
pump priming |
quandary |
reasonable care |
repair |
reparation |
scheduled maintenance |
see |
service |
skin care |
slight care |
steam fitting |
sympathize with |
take care |
tender loving care |
TLC |
touch |
treasure |
treatment |
tree surgery |
want |
work |
work
Care In Webster's Dictionary
\Care\ (k[^a]r), n. [AS. caru, cearu; akin to OS. kara
sorrow, Goth. kara, OHG chara, lament, and perh. to Gr.
gh^rys voice. Not akin to cure. Cf. {Chary}.]
1. A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by
onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, And
where care lodges, sleep will never lie. --Shak.
2. Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility
for safety and prosperity.
The care of all the churches. --2 Cor. xi.
28.
Him thy care must be to find. --Milton.
Perplexed with a thousand cares. --Shak.
3. Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness;
watchfulness; as, take care; have a care.
I thank thee for thy care and honest pains. --Shak.
4. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares.
--Spenser.
Syn: Anxiety; solicitude; concern; caution; regard;
management; direction; oversight. -- {Care}, {Anxiety},
{Solicitude}, {Concern}. These words express mental pain
in different degress. Care belongs primarily to the
intellect, and becomes painful from overburdened
thought. Anxiety denotes a state of distressing
uneasiness fron the dread of evil. Solicitude expresses
the same feeling in a diminished degree. Concern is
opposed to indifference, and implies exercise of anxious
thought more or less intense. We are careful about the
means, solicitous and anxious about the end; we are
solicitous to obtain a good, anxious to avoid an evil.
\Care\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Caring}.] [AS. cearian. See {Care}, n.]
To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard
or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of
measure.
I would not care a pin, if the other three were in.
--Shak.
Master, carest thou not that we perish? --Mark. iv.
38.
{To care for}.
(a) To have under watchful attention; to take care of.
(b) To have regard or affection for; to like or love.
He cared not for the affection of the house.
--Tennyson.
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