disregard
Pay no heed
Disregard means to ignore or pay no attention to something: She disregarded the warning signs.
It often implies deliberate dismissal rather than mere oversight—you disregard advice, instructions, or evidence when you choose not to let it influence your actions.
As a noun, disregard is the state of ignoring: His disregard for safety regulations was well known.
Send away or reject
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- neglectFailure to provide care
- brush offDismissive rejection of someone
- tune outDeliberately stop attending
discount · write off · shrug off · bypass · skip · pass over · gloss over · blank
Hostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- dismissivenessAttitude of casual disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
sneering · condescension · belittlement · disparagement · mockery · slight · sneer · look down on
Openly defy authority
- violateBreak a rule deliberately
- disobeyRefuse to comply
- breachBreaking of agreement
- contraveneAct against a rule
transgress · defy · ignore · break · infringe · rebel · circumvent · sidestep
Absence of feeling
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
- insoucianceLighthearted lack of concern
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
aloofness · disinterest · impassivity · coolness · unresponsiveness · callousness · stoicism · blasé
Failure to exercise care
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- omissionFailure to include
- inattentionLack of focus
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
lapse · abandonment · carelessness · unmindfulness · forgetfulness · sloppiness · remissness · heedlessness
dismiss
Send away or reject
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- neglectFailure to provide care
- brush offDismissive rejection of someone
tune out · discount · write off · shrug off · bypass · skip · pass over · gloss over · blank · snub
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- dismissivenessAttitude of casual disregard
derision · sneering · condescension · belittlement · disparagement · mockery · slight · sneer · look down on · cold shoulder
flout
Openly defy authority
contravene · transgress · defy · ignore · break · infringe · rebel · circumvent · sidestep · overstep
apathy
Absence of feeling
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
- insoucianceLighthearted lack of concern
detachment · aloofness · disinterest · impassivity · coolness · unresponsiveness · callousness · stoicism · blasé · cold
negligence
Failure to exercise care
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- omissionFailure to include
- inattentionLack of focus
dereliction · lapse · abandonment · carelessness · unmindfulness · forgetfulness · sloppiness · remissness · heedlessness · thoughtlessness
- being overlookedneglect, dismissal, unnoticed, oversight, snub
- diminished importancedemotion, downgrade, deprecation, marginalization, trivialization
- turn a blind eyeignore, overlook, look away, willful blindness, feign ignorance
- DIS- wordsdisagree, disallow, disbelieve, disapprove, disarray
- dismissdismiss, brush off, brush aside, wave away, wave off
- dismissive behaviorssnub, scorn, ignore, disdain, dismissal
- reckless disregardConscious indifference to risk