cares (for)

verb

present tense third-person singular of care (for)
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)
  1. watches
  2. nurses
  3. accepts
  4. wants
  5. prefers
  6. supervises
  7. treats
  8. likes
Verb
  • As per the press release, a standard, low-cost USB camera watches the material.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
  • Someone pulls a trend report, watches a handful of viral videos, skims a research deck, maybe sits in on one focus group, and from that thin base builds a campaign meant to represent an entire community.
    — Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of watches
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  • After Robin is gravely injured, he is taken in by the sage prioress Brigid (Jodie Comer), who nurses him back to health at an island convent.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of nurses
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  • The Dinner Key Mooring Facility, for example, accepts boats up to 50 feet long, leaving boaters with larger vessels — including 55-year-old Capt.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
  • The skin isn’t just a passive barrier that accepts humectants, peptides, and other ingredients and keeps out external aggressors like pollutants and bacteria.
    — Deanna Pai, Vogue, 6 July 2026
Definition of accepts
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  • By establishing child care as a valid use of campaign funds, Grechen Shirley said, the question is no longer who can afford to run for office, but who really wants to serve their community.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • If James wants to return to the Heat, the team would have interest, a source conveyed to The Miami Herald on Tuesday.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
Definition of wants
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  • The team prefers one reliever as the primary option for saves.
    — Greg Jewett, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Still, McCuskey prefers to keep his eyes forward and hopes his state can easily move on from the recent track title.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of prefers
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  • Milshtein previously served as adviser to COGAT, which supervises civilian policy in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
  • As chief of patrol, Hein supervises the most visible aspects of the Police Department that define its image in the minds of most Chicagoans, including emergency response, crisis intervention, traffic control, routine patrol and community policing efforts.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Definition of supervises
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  • Sustainable investing is already on the back foot, worn down by years of greenwashing scandals, funds quietly stripped of their green labels, and a political backlash that treats ESG as an insult.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Borrowing from the principles of Land Art, Amangiri treats the landscape as the protagonist rather than a backdrop.
    — Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026
Definition of treats
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  • Instead, Peltier likes to think of it as adding intentional pauses into the rhythm of a home.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2026
  • The video has more than four million views on TikTok and X and some 175,000 Instagram likes.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Definition of likes
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“Cares (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cares%20%28for%29. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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