ignore
Pretend not noticing
To ignore something is to pay no attention to it, whether deliberately or through oversight.
You can ignore a warning, ignore someone's advice, or ignore a person entirely: She ignored his texts for days.
Ignorable things may be unimportant; ignored things may be crucial but unwelcome.
To ignore evidence is to act as though it doesn't exist.
Intentional social rejection
dismiss · shun · ostracize · brush-off · disdain · scorn · contempt · alienate
To deliberately exclude
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- excludeBar from participation
- leave outFail to include
- pass overNeglect or bypass
sidestep · neglect · forget · discount · set aside · put aside · table · shelve
Fail to reach
- unnoticedNot perceived by anyone
- unseenNot perceived visually
- unobservedNot being watched
- undetectedNot discovered yet
unheeded · disregard · gloss over · inadvertent · oversight · slip by · pass by · look past
Solid mass, or impede
- banOfficial restriction on something
- filterPorous separation device
- muteWithout voice or sound
- silenceTotal lack of sound
censor · hide · blacklist · whitelist · flag · spam · unsubscribe · opt out
Absence of feeling
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
aloofness · dismissiveness · inattention · heedlessness · obliviousness · insensitivity · callousness · unmoved
cold-shoulder
Intentional social rejection
slight · dismiss · shun · ostracize · brush-off · disdain · scorn · contempt · alienate · exclude
skip
To deliberately exclude
pass over · sidestep · neglect · forget · discount · set aside · put aside · table · shelve · defer
miss
Fail to reach
- unnoticedNot perceived by anyone
- unseenNot perceived visually
- unobservedNot being watched
undetected · unheeded · disregard · gloss over · inadvertent · oversight · slip by · pass by · look past · tune out
block
Solid mass, or impede
silence · censor · hide · blacklist · whitelist · flag · spam · unsubscribe · opt out · screen out
apathy
Absence of feeling
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
detachment · aloofness · dismissiveness · inattention · heedlessness · obliviousness · insensitivity · callousness · unmoved · unbothered
- dismissdismiss, brush off, brush aside, wave away, wave off
- dismissive behaviorssnub, scorn, disdain, dismissal, sneer
- brush-offsbrush off, brush-off, cold shoulder, snub, rebuff
- dismissingbrush aside, brush off, wave off, shrug off, blow off
- negative verbsdeny, refuse, reject, decline, forbid
- phone actionscall, dial, text, answer, hang up
- ignorance is blissNot knowing protects happiness
- blissful ignorance
- willful ignorancePurposely remaining uninformed
- ignored warningsNotices not acted upon
- willfully ignorant
- feign ignoranceFake lack of knowledge
ignored, ignorant, ignorance, ignoring, ignores, ignorantly, ignorable, ignorers, ignorances