regard

Plural: regards

Noun

• (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point
• paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
• (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare
  • "give him my kind regards"
• a long fixed look
• the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
  • "a man who has earned high regard"
• a feeling of friendship and esteem
  • "she mistook his manly regard for love"
• an attitude of admiration or esteem
• A steady look, a gaze.
• One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
• A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense.
• The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held.
• Filter-avoidance spelling of retard.

Verb

Verb Forms: regarded, regarding, regards

• To consider or think of in a particular way.
• deem to be
• look at attentively
• connect closely and often incriminatingly
• To look at; to observe.
• To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc.
• To take notice of, pay attention to.
• To face toward.
• To have to do with, to concern.
• To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.

Examples

• He is held in great regard in Whitehall.
• He regards honesty as a duty, but was regarded as (being) rather dangerous by the police.
• I always regarded tabloid journalism as a social evil.
• I regard such a way of life with distaste.
• Players regard the ’Q’ tile with a mix of dread and strategic opportunity in Words With Friends.
• She regarded us warily.
• That argument does not regard the question.

Synonyms

affect, attentiveness, compliments, consider, esteem, gaze, heed, involve, paying attention, reckon, respect, see, view, wish, consideration, deem, look, onlook, pay attention, repute

Antonyms

disesteem, disrespect, inattentiveness, ignore, neglect

Anagrams of regard