CARED Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

cared

verb

past tense of care

as in watched

to have an interest or concern for a teacher who cares what happens to her students long after they leave her classroom

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Recent Examples of cared When was the last time most people cared about the WNBA MVP race? — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 The company has argued that election betting will engage people who might not have cared otherwise about politics. — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 27 July 2026 And all this team cared about was winning in a self-less way, which is why 8 different players lead the team in scoring this year. — George Deeb, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Dave cared about music deeply and his idea to create 120 Minutes helped shape a really cool era in music. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026 Would fans have cared if England had won the World Cup this way? — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 16 July 2026 Hotel taxes More readers cared about this issue than any other. — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026 Thank you to the Television Academy, and to everyone who has cared about the show. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 8 July 2026 Sheetz, who won an Emmy for his work on The Simpsons, has been an animator long enough to watch technology destabilize his profession before anyone cared about AI. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cared

watched

Verb

That’s when the north grounds of President's Park were thronged with booths, and attending crowds watched horse racing and cockfighting, according to the White House Historical Association.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
At the funeral of one of the hostages, drummer Yotam Haim, Fishof watched Yotam’s brother Tuval Haim play a drum solo before placing a pair of sticks on his grave.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026