'care for' definitions:
Definition of 'care for'
(from WordNet)
verb
Have a liking, fondness, or taste (for)
verb
verb
Provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" [syn: treat, care for]
Synonyms of 'care for'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- administer to,
- attend,
- attend on,
- attend to,
- baby-sit,
- bandage,
- bathe,
- be fond of,
- be partial to,
- burn with love,
- chaperon,
- cherish,
- chore,
- coddle,
- conserve,
- contend with,
- cope with,
- cosset,
- cradle,
- cultivate,
- cure,
- dance attendance upon,
- deal with,
- diagnose,
- do for,
- do service to,
- do with,
- doctor,
- dote on,
- dote upon,
- drudge,
- dry-nurse,
- fancy,
- feed,
- flux,
- fondle,
- foster,
- give care to,
- go for,
- handle,
- have eyes for,
- have it bad,
- heal,
- help,
- keep watch over,
- lackey,
- lavish care on,
- like,
- look after,
- look out for,
- look to,
- love,
- maid,
- manage,
- massage,
- matronize,
- mind,
- minister to,
- mother,
- nourish,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- operate on,
- pamper,
- pander to,
- physic,
- plaster,
- poultice,
- preserve,
- protege,
- provide for,
- purge,
- remedy,
- ride herd on,
- rub,
- see after,
- see to,
- serve,
- shepherd,
- splint,
- spoon-feed,
- steward,
- strap,
- suckle,
- support,
- sustain,
- take care of,
- take charge of,
- tend,
- treat,
- upon,
- use,
- valet,
- wait,
- wait on,
- watch,
- watch out for,
- watch over,
- wet-nurse,
- work for
Words containing 'care for'
- Care,
- Cared,
- Careful,
- Carefully,
- Carefulness,
- Caring,
- To care for,
- To have a care,
- be careful,
- not care for,
- Not to care a rap,
- To take care,
- To take care of,
- camera care,
- car care,
- care a hang,
- care delivery,
- care of souls,
- cared-for,
- child care,
- day care,
- dental care,
- due care,
- foster care,
- give care,
- great care,
- hair care,
- health care,
- hospital care,
- intensive care,
- medical care,
- nursing care,
- ordinary care,
- personal care,
- primary care,
- reasonable care,
- skin care,
- slight care,
- take care,
- take care of,
- too-careful,
- Care-tuned,
- Devil may care,
- care-laden,
- coronary care unit,
- day care center,
- extended care facility,
- health care delivery,
- health care provider,
- intensive care unit,
- primary care physician,
- primary care provider,
- primary health care,
- tender loving care,
- casualty care research center,
- devil-may-care,
- neonatal intensive care unit