ignore

Verb

Verb Forms: ignored, ignoring, ignores

To deliberately pay no attention to; to disregard.
refuse to acknowledge
bar from attention or consideration
fail to notice
give little or no attention to
be ignorant of or in the dark about
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
To pretend to not notice someone or something.
Fail to notice.
Not to know.

Examples

A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
Sometimes, you have to ignore a tempting but low-scoring play to set up a better one.

Origin / Etymology

From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know.

Synonyms

brush aside, brush off, cut, discount, dismiss, disregard, neglect, push aside, snub, be ignorant of, connive, dissemble, ignore, misheed, misregard, miss, overlook, overpass, oversee, pass, pass by, pay no heed, put aside, shrug off, slough, take no notice of, tune out, turn a blind eye to, unheed, unmind, wink at

Antonyms

know, notice, examine, fail to notice, ignore, observe, pay attention, recognize, watch

Scrabble Score: 7

ignore: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ignore: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ignore: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

ignore: valid Words With Friends Word