cares for

Watches over lovingly

Cares for combines two related meanings.

To care for someone is to look after them, attending to their needs: She cares for her elderly mother.

It also means to have affection or regard: He really cares for you.

The negative form expresses indifference: I don't care for opera.

Related

home health aide · protects · nurture · preserve · foster · sustain · looks after · supports · lends a hand · cherishes · heal · administers · helps · stewardship · maintains · compassion · empathy · heart of gold

Opposites
attention and responsibility

cares forneglects

Fails to care for

ignores · abandons · disregards · forsakes · overlooks

emotional attachment

cares forhates

Feels intense dislike

despises · loathes · detests · dislikes · abhors

treatment quality

cares formistreats

Behaves cruelly toward

abuses · harms · hurts · maltreats · brutalizes

Family

care, cares, cared, caring, careful, carefully, carefulness, careless, carelessly

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G