Dictionary entry details
• REGARD (noun)
Meaning:
(usually preceded by 'in') a detail or point
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
respect; regard
Context example:
it differs in that respect
Hypernyms ("regard" is a kind of...):
detail; item; point (an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole)
Meaning:
Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
attentiveness; heed; paying attention; regard
Context examples:
his attentiveness to her wishes / he spends without heed to the consequences
Hypernyms ("regard" is a kind of...):
attending; attention (the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others)
Attribute:
heedless; thoughtless; unheeding (marked by or paying little heed or attention)
attentive; heedful; paying attention; thoughtful (taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "regard"):
advertence; advertency (the process of being heedful)
Meaning:
(usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
compliments; regard; wish
Context examples:
give him my kind regards / my best wishes
Hypernyms ("regard" is a kind of...):
greeting; salutation ((usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting))
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Meaning:
A long fixed look
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
gaze; regard
Context example:
he fixed his paternal gaze on me
Hypernyms ("regard" is a kind of...):
stare (a fixed look with eyes open wide)
Meaning:
The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
esteem; respect; regard
Context examples:
it is held in esteem / a man who has earned high regard
Hypernyms ("regard" is a kind of...):
honor; honour; laurels (the state of being honored)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "regard"):
stature (high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement)
Meaning:
A feeling of friendship and esteem
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
respect; regard
Context examples:
she mistook his manly regard for love / he inspires respect
Hypernyms ("regard" is a kind of...):
affection; affectionateness; fondness; heart; philia; tenderness; warmheartedness; warmness (a positive feeling of liking)
Meaning:
An attitude of admiration or esteem
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
esteem; respect; regard
Context example:
she lost all respect for him
Hypernyms ("regard" is a kind of...):
attitude; mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "regard"):
estimate; estimation (the respect with which a person is held)
• REGARD (verb)
Meaning:
Deem to be
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
consider; regard; view; reckon; see
Context examples:
She views this quite differently from me / I consider her to be shallow / I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do
Hypernyms (to "regard" is one way to...):
believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "regard"):
abstract (consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically)
reify (consider an abstract concept to be real)
idealise; idealize (consider or render as ideal)
deem; hold; take for; view as (keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view)
esteem; prise; prize; respect; value (regard highly; think much of)
disesteem; disrespect (have little or no respect for; hold in contempt)
make (consider as being)
capitalise; capitalize (consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses)
appreciate; prize; treasure; value (hold dear)
favor; favour (consider as the favorite)
identify (consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else)
expect (consider reasonable or due)
receive (regard favorably or with disapproval)
reconsider (consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing)
reconsider (consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, in legislation)
include (consider as part of something)
consider (regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem)
call (consider or regard as being)
like (feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard)
relativise; relativize (consider or treat as relative)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Look at attentively
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
regard; consider
Hypernyms (to "regard" is one way to...):
look (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam cannot regard Sue
Meaning:
Connect closely and often incriminatingly
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
involve; affect; regard
Context example:
This new ruling affects your business
Hypernyms (to "regard" is one way to...):
bear on; come to; concern; pertain; refer; relate; touch; touch on (have to do with or be relevant to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "regard"):
implicate (bring into intimate and incriminating connection)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
