care for English

Meaning care for meaning

What does care for mean?

care for

— verb have a liking, fondness, or taste (for)

— verb be fond of; be attached to

— verb (= treat) provide treatment for The doctor treated my broken leg The nurses cared for the bomb victims The patient must be treated right away or she will die Treat the infection with antibiotics

Synonyms care for synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as care for?

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look after

treat

tend

nurse

take care of

pay attention to

regard

raise

cure

care

nurture

mind

heal

bring up

watch over

take care

respect

remedy

love

cultivate

cherish

care about

attend to

attend

watch

support

recover

protect

like

keep

heed

feed

tend to

show consideration for

see after

rear

maintain

hold dear

foster

fancy

esteem

value

treasure

take interest in

take charge of

take care about

service

serve

raise children

provide for

Topics care for topics

What do people use care for to talk about?

Person Healthy

Treat disease

• What words refer to taking care of someone who is sick?
  care for (a patient) nurse (a patient) nurse back to health look after hospice care

Person Life Stage of life Baby

Care for a baby

• What words refer to caring for a baby?
  care for watch baby-sit

Person Life Stage of life Child

Rear a child

• What words refer to caring for a child's needs?
  care for take care of

Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Like, love

• What words refer to liking something?
  like have a liking for adore enjoy be fond of proud of someone fancy something have a fancy for take a fancy to care for have affection for admire look up to think highly of approve pleased admire appeals to you be to your liking go down well savor (v) luxuriate be happy with feel good toward feel good about

Social behavior Behavior

Do good to

• What words refer to doing good to someone?
  do good to be good to be kind to benefit (v) treat well be merciful to bless care for

Social behavior Behavior Do good to Share with

Care for

• What words refer to caring for someone?
  care for take care of meet someone's needs

Examples care for examples

How do I use care for in a sentence?

Simple sentences

They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.

News and current affairs

They wanted better housing, education, and free health care for all.