1
as in watches
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
will you care for the lawn while we're gone?
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2
as in ministers (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
he is caring for his mother while she's sick
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3
as in accepts
to have a favorable opinion of
I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog
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4
as in wants
to wish to have
I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it
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5
as in prefers
to show partiality toward
she generally doesn't care for war movies
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cares (for)
Verb
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Connie Lansdown, the hysterectomy patient, watches the storm yank a man from a reclining chair and drag him down the hall.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026 -
Cootie watches a stranger muse about him on the news.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
Verb
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The press release confirms BetHog accepts 10 cryptocurrencies.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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The moment is met with enthusiastic cheers and applause from the audience, as Sadie calmly accepts her gift and walks off the graduation stage with Muse.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Verb
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My mom is turning 80 this year and wants a big party with ALL her family.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
27 May 2026
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Lappe wants to become one of the all-time greats to come out of Harvard-Westlake.—
gqlshare,
Daily News,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Someone who prefers Blackberry style keyboard should be able to type very fast on it.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Ives-Wilson prefers to keep only enough cheese on hand for the next 10 days or so.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 May 2026
Verb
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Major Kevin Corbett, who works for the BSO’s detention department, testified that the rapper is kept in a 30-cell unit by himself and an emergency-response team — dressed in tactical attire — supervises him 24 hours a day.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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The Chinese government officially recognizes five religions — Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism and Islam — and tightly supervises them.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
25 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The youngest Jonas, Franklin, likes the restaurant's Chicken N’Gravy.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
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But while Elsa is quite withholding, Maurel is an intimate filmmaker who likes to stay close to her actors to show their innermost thoughts.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
25 May 2026
Verb
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Queen Camilla enjoys a pint of Guinness during a visit to The Parson's Nose pub in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, on May 20.—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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Taiwan enjoys broad support among members of both US parties.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
22 May 2026
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“Cares (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cares%20%28for%29. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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