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CARE abbreviation Cooperative for American Relief to Everywhere

ca·reen verb 1 : to put (a ship or boat) on a beach esp. in order to clean or repair its hull

2 : to sway from side to side

3 : CAREER

Synonyms

lurch, pitch, rock, roll, seesaw, sway, toss, wobble—more at ROCK

1career noun [ORIGIN: MF carrière, fr. Old Occitan carriera street, fr. ML carraria road for vehicles, fr. L carrus car]

1 : COURSE, PASSAGE; also : speed in a course

2 : an occupation or profession followed as a life's work

2career verb : to go at top speed esp. in a headlong manner

Synonyms

barrel, bowl, fly, hurry, hurtle, pelt, race, rocket, rush, shoot, speed, tear, zip, zoom—more at HURRY

care·free adjective : free from care or worry

Synonyms

careless, cavalier, easygoing, gay, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, unconcerned; also breezy, nonchalant; casual, informal, laid-back, relaxed; heedless, irresponsible, lackadaisical, negligent, reckless

Antonyms

careworn

care·ful adjective care·ful·ler; care·ful·lest 1 : using or taking care

2 : marked by solicitude, caution, or prudence

— care·ful·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] conscientious, fussy, meticulous, painstaking—more at PAINSTAKING

[2] alert, cautious, circumspect, considerate, gingerly, guarded, heedful, safe, wary; also attentive, chary, observant, vigilant, watchful; foresighted, provident; cagey, noncommittal; calculating, scheming, shrewd; considerate, thoughtful; deliberate, slow

Antonyms

careless, heedless, incautious, unguarded, unsafe, unwary

care·ful·ness noun : the quality of being careful : close or steady attention (as to a task)

Synonyms

alertness, care, caution, circumspection, heedfulness—more at CAUTION

care·giv·er noun : a person who provides direct care (as for children, the disabled, or the chronically ill)

care·less adjective 1 : free from care : UNTROUBLED

2 : having no concern or interest <~ of the consequences>

3 : not taking care esp. to avoid danger or harm

4 a : not taking ordinary or proper care

b : not showing or receiving care

— care·less·ly adverb

Synonyms

[2, 3] heedless, mindless, unguarded, unsafe, unwary; also bold, impetuous, rash, reckless; inattentive, unobservant; blithe, inconsiderate, thoughtless; absentminded, forgetful, unmindful; lax, neglectful, negligent, remiss; imprudent, indiscreet, injudicious; inadvertent, unintentional, unplanned

Antonyms

alert, cautious, circumspect, gingerly, guarded, heedful, safe, wary

[4a] derelict, lax, negligent, remiss, slack—more at NEGLIGENT

care·less·ness noun : failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would in like circumstances

Synonyms

dereliction, heedlessness, laxness, negligence, remissness, slackness—more at NEGLIGENCE

1caress noun : a tender or loving touch or embrace

2caress verb : to touch or stroke tenderly or lovingly

— ca·ress·er noun

Synonyms

fondle, love, pat, pet, stroke—more at FONDLE

car·et noun [ORIGIN: L, there is lacking, fr. carēre to lack, be without]

: a mark ‸ used to indicate the place where something is to be inserted

care·tak·er noun 1 : one in charge usu. as occupant in place of an absent owner

2 : one temporarily fulfilling the functions of an office

Synonyms

custodian, guardian, janitor, keeper, warden, watchman—more at CUSTODIAN

care·worn adjective : showing the effects of grief or anxiety

car·fare noun : passenger fare (as on a streetcar or bus)

car·go noun, plural cargoes or cargos : the goods carried in a ship, airplane, or vehicle : FREIGHT

Synonyms

freight, load, payload, shipment; also consignment; bale, bundle, packet; manifest

Ca·rib·be·an adjective : of or relating to the eastern and southern West Indies or the Caribbean Sea

car·i·bou noun, plural caribou or caribous : a large circumpolar gregarious deer of northern taiga and tundra that usu. has palmate antlers in both sexes — used esp. for one of the New World

1caricature noun 1 : distorted