Standard Lemma guide

ignore

verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: ĭgnôʹ
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈnɔː/
  • Canada, General-American: ĭgnôrʹ
  • Canada, General-American: /ɪɡˈnoɹ/
  • Australian: /ɪɡˈnoː/
  • New-Zealand: /əɡˈnoː/
  • ĭgnōrʹ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ɪɡˈno(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ɪɡˈnoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 G N AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • A problem ignored is a problem doubled.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disregard, neglect

Antonyms: notice, recognize, watch, attend, clock, consider, give heed, heed, let in on, mark, mind, pass, pay attention, pay heed, pick up what someone is putting down, privy, regard, take heed, take note, take notice

2

verb

Meaning 2

To pretend to not notice someone or something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overlook, turn a blind eye to, wink at, connive

Antonyms: notice, observe

3

verb

Meaning 3

Fail to notice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overlook, ignore, misheed, misregard, miss, overpass, oversee

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

Not to know.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: be ignorant of

Antonyms: know

5

verb

Meaning 5

be ignorant of or in the dark about

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: know

6

verb

Meaning 6

give little or no attention to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Disregard the errors

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: neglect, disregard

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: pretermit

7

verb

Meaning 7

bar from attention or consideration

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She dismissed his advances

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reject

Narrower terms: slight, cold-shoulder, discredit, shrug off, pass off, scoff, flout, turn a blind eye, laugh off, laugh away, disoblige

8

verb

Meaning 8

refuse to acknowledge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She cut him dead at the meeting

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disregard, snub, cut

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: treat, handle, do by

9

verb

Meaning 9

fail to notice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: notice

Narrower terms: pass up

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3-der. Latin īgnōrōlbor. French ignorer English ignore From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in- (“not”) + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know.

Across languages

Translations

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ignoreer — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Albanian: injoroj — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Arabic: تَجَاهَلَ (tajāhala) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Arabic: طَنَّش (ṭannaš) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Arabic: طنش (ṭannaš) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Arabic: طنش (ṭannaš) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Armenian: անտեսել (antesel) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Armenian: նշկահել (nškahel) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Assamese: অগ্ৰাহ্য কৰা (ograhyo kora) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Assamese: অগ্ৰাহ্য কৰ (ograhyo kor) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Azerbaijani: saymamaq — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Basque: ez jakin — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Belarusian: ігнарава́ць (ihnaravácʹ) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Bulgarian: игнори́рам (ignoríram) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Bulgarian: пренебре́гвам (prenebrégvam) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Bulgarian: пренебре́гна (prenebrégna) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Catalan: ignorar — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無視 /无视 (wúshì) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 忽略 (hūlüè) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不理 (bù lǐ) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不問 /不问 (bù wèn) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Czech: ignorovat — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Danish: ignorere — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Dutch: negeren — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Esperanto: ignori — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Esperanto: malatenti — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Estonian: ignoreerida — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Faroese: ikki at merkja — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Finnish: sivuuttaa — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Finnish: jättää huomiotta — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Finnish: ei ottaa huomioon — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Finnish: olla huomaamatta — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Finnish: ohittaa — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Finnish: olla välittämättä — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Finnish: ei välittää — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Finnish: nonsaleerata — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Finnish: ignoorata — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Finnish: ignoroida — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • French: ignorer — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • French: ne pas prêter attention à — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • French: ne pas tenir compte de — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Galician: ignorar — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Georgian: უგულებელყოფს (ugulebelq̇ops) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • German: ignorieren — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • German: missachten — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Greek: αγνοώ (agnoó) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Hebrew: הִתְעַלֵּם (hit'além) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Hindi: उपेक्षा (upekṣā) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Hindi: उपेक्षा करना (upekṣā karnā) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Hindi: अवहेलना करना (avhelnā karnā) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Hindi: ध्यान न देना (dhyān na denā) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Hungarian: nem vesz tudomást róla — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Icelandic: hunsa — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Ido: ignorar — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Indonesian: mengabaikan — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Interlingua: ignorar — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Italian: ignorare — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Japanese: 無視する (mushi suru) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Japanese: 忽略する (kotsuryaku suru) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Japanese: 知らん顔する (shirankao suru) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Khmer: មិនធ្វើដឹងធ្វើឬ (mɨn tvəə dəŋ tvəə rɨɨ) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Khmer: ធ្វើថ្លង់ធ្វើគ (tvəə tlɑŋ tvəə kɔɔ) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Korean: 무시하다 (musihada) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Latin: ignōrō — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Latvian: ignorēt — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Lithuanian: ignoruoti — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Luxembourgish: ignoréieren — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Macedonian: игнори́ра (ignoríra) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Maltese: jinjora — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Māori: pī — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Māori: whakangongo — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Māori: whakatuturi — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Māori: whakaririka — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Mongolian: үл тоомсорлох (ül toomsorlox) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ignorere — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: overse — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Occitan: ignorar — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Pannonian Rusyn: иґноровац (ignorovac) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Persian: چشمپوشی کردن (čašm-puši kardan) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Persian: نادیده گرفتن (nâdide gereftan) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Polish: ignorować — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Polish: zignorować — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Portuguese: ignorar — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Romanian: ignora — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Russian: игнори́ровать (ignorírovatʹ) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Russian: проигнори́ровать (proignorírovatʹ) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Russian: пренебрега́ть (prenebregátʹ) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Russian: пренебре́чь (prenebréčʹ) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Russian: не принима́ть во внима́ние (ne prinimátʹ vo vnimánije) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Russian: не приня́ть во внима́ние (ne prinjátʹ vo vnimánije) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Scottish Gaelic: leig seachad — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Serbo-Croatian: игнори́сати — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Serbo-Croatian: игнори́рати — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Serbo-Croatian: ignorísati — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Serbo-Croatian: ignorírati — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Slovak: ignorovať — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Slovene: ignorirati — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Upper Sorbian: ignorować — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Upper Sorbian: zignorować — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Spanish: ignorar — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Spanish: desoír — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Spanish: ningunear — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Spanish: desatencionar — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Swahili: puuza — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Swedish: ignorera — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Tagalog: balewalain — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Tamil: புறக்கணிக்கவும் (puṟakkaṇikkavum) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Telugu: విస్మరించు (vismariñcu) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Thai: เมิน (məən) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Tsonga: honisa — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Turkish: görmezden gelmek — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Ukrainian: ігнорува́ти (ihnoruváty) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Ukrainian: проігнорува́ти (proihnoruváty) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Ukrainian: зігнорува́ти (zihnoruváty) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Ukrainian: не́хтувати (néxtuvaty) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Ukrainian: зне́хтувати (znéxtuvaty) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Urdu: نطر انداز کرنا — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Uzbek: e‘tibor bermaslik — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Vietnamese: lơ — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Vietnamese: lờ — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Vietnamese: bơ — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Welsh: anwybyddu — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Xhosa: ungahoyi — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Yiddish: איגנאָרירן (ignorirm) — to deliberately pay no attention to
  • Zulu: nganaki — to deliberately pay no attention to