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Synonyms of ignore in English:

ignore


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verb

1‘he ignored the customers and began counting money’

SYNONYMS
disregard, take no notice of, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pass over, shut one's eyes to, be oblivious to, turn a blind eye to, turn a deaf ear to, brush aside, shrug off, push aside, never mind
look the other way
ANTONYMS

pay attention to

2‘he was ignored by the countess’

SYNONYMS
snub, slight, spurn, shun, disdain, look right through, look past, turn one's back on, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, freeze out, steer clear of
British send to Coventry
informal give someone the brush-off, cut, cut dead, knock back, give someone the go-by
British informal blank
ANTONYMS

acknowledge

3‘doctors ignored her husband's instructions’

SYNONYMS
set aside, pay no attention to, take no account of, veto
break, contravene, fail to comply with, fail to observe, disobey, breach, defy, flout, fly in the face of
omit, leave out, bypass, overlook, neglect, disregard, exclude
informal skip
ANTONYMS

obey