100 Best Synonyms for “Ignore”

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. avoid keep away from
2. be blind to fail or refuse to notice
3. be deaf to refuse to listen to
4. be oblivious to not notice at all
5. blank deliberately fail to acknowledge
6. blow off dismiss or skip casually
7. boycott refuse to engage with
8. brush aside push away from consideration
9. brush off dismiss casually or rudely
10. bypass go around without dealing with
11. care little for value or notice only slightly
12. care nothing for regard as unimportant
13. cast aside discard from consideration
14. close your ears to refuse to listen to
15. close your eyes to refuse to acknowledge
16. cold-shoulder treat with deliberate unfriendliness
17. connive at knowingly overlook wrongdoing
18. count out exclude from consideration
19. cross off remove from consideration
20. cut dead deliberately ignore in public
21. de-emphasize give less importance to
22. deafen yourself to refuse to listen to
23. deem unimportant judge as not worth attention
24. deprioritize treat as lower priority
25. discount regard as unimportant or unlikely
26. dismiss treat as unworthy of attention
27. disregard pay no attention to
28. downplay make seem less important
29. drop stop considering or discussing
30. duck avoid or dodge
31. eschew deliberately avoid
32. evade avoid dealing with
33. exclude keep out from consideration
34. fail to hear not notice by hearing
35. fail to notice not become aware of
36. fail to register not mentally notice
37. fail to see not notice or understand
38. filter out remove from attention
39. fob off put off with a weak response
40. forget fail to remember or consider
41. get around avoid dealing directly with
42. give no heed to pay no attention to
43. glide over pass over lightly
44. gloss over treat lightly and skip details
45. keep out of avoid involvement in
46. keep silent about avoid mentioning
47. laugh off dismiss with humor
48. leave out omit from attention or inclusion
49. leave unmentioned not mention at all
50. let go not pursue or dwell on
51. let pass allow without response
52. let slide allow without reacting
53. look past fail to notice or consider
54. look through pretend not to notice
55. make light of treat as unimportant
56. make no account of treat as unimportant
57. minimize treat as less important
58. miss fail to notice
59. move on from stop focusing on
60. move past continue without focusing on
61. neglect give too little attention to
62. not mind pay little attention to
63. omit leave out intentionally or accidentally
64. opt out of choose not to participate
65. overlook fail to notice or consider
66. pass by go past without noticing
67. pass on decline or skip
68. pass over avoid dealing with
69. pass without comment not remark on
70. pay no mind to give no attention to
71. pooh-pooh dismiss as foolish or trivial
72. put aside set aside from consideration
73. put out of mind stop thinking about
74. rebuff reject or refuse to engage
75. screen out filter from attention
76. set aside not consider for now
77. shelve postpone or stop considering
78. shrug off treat as unimportant
79. sidestep avoid addressing directly
80. skip leave out or pass over
81. slight treat without proper attention
82. snub deliberately refuse to acknowledge
83. stonewall refuse to respond or cooperate
84. stop listening to cease paying attention to
85. table set aside for later
86. take lightly treat as not serious
87. take no account of not consider
88. take no notice of not notice or acknowledge
89. treat lightly not take seriously
90. tune out stop paying attention to
91. turn a blind eye pretend not to notice
92. turn your back on reject or stop supporting
93. underplay make seem less important
94. unhear act as if not heard
95. unsee act as if not seen
96. wash your hands of stop dealing with
97. wave aside dismiss from consideration
98. wave off dismiss with a gesture or words
99. wink at pretend not to notice
100. write off dismiss as unimportant or hopeless