What is another word for not heed?

Pronunciation: [nˌɒt hˈiːd] (IPA)

When someone does not heed an instruction, it means they are disregarding it or ignoring it. Some synonyms for the phrase "not heed" include neglect, overlook, disregard, ignore, and spurn. Neglect implies a lack of attention or care, while overlook suggests missing or failing to notice something important. Disregard means to intentionally ignore or treat something as unimportant. Ignore means to refuse to acknowledge or pay attention to something, while spurn means to reject or turn away from something with contempt. All of these words suggest a disregard or lack of attention towards something that has been said or suggested.

What are the hypernyms for Not heed?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for not heed?

The phrase "not heed" means to disregard or ignore something, and its antonyms are words that express the opposite meaning. Some possible antonyms for "not heed" are "heed," "listen," "obey," "follow," "pay attention," "take into account," "consider," "mind," "note," and "acknowledge." When we "heed" something, we give it our attention and take it seriously. We "listen" to advice, instructions, or warnings, and we "obey" rules or orders. We "follow" a plan, a leader, or a path. We "pay attention" to details, cues, or signals, and we "take into account" different perspectives or factors.

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Famous quotes with Not heed

  • There are the men who say, "He preached tenderness and kindliness and filial love, yet He would not heed His mother and His brothers when they sought Him in the streets of Jerusalem." They do not know that His mother and brothers in their loving fear would have had Him return to the bench of the carpenter, whereas He was opening our eyes to the dawn of a new day.
    Khalil Gibran
  • Time-saving... became an important part of labor-saving. And as time was accumulated and put by, it was reinvested, like money capital, in new forms of exploitation. From now on filling time and killing time became important considerations: the early paleotechnic employers even stole time from their workers by blowing the factory whistle... earlier in the morning, or moving the hands of the clock... during lunch... Time was a commodity in the sense that money had become a commodity. Time as pure duration, time dedicated to contemplation and reverie, time divorced from mechanical operations, was treated as heinous waste. The paleotechnic world did not heed Wordsworth's Expostulation and Reply: it had no mind to sit on an old gray stone and dream its time away.
    William Wordsworth
  • It’s hard to explain the cost and consequences of environmental pollution and destruction to a six year old. But we are paying a desperate price even now because adults did not heed the instructions of kindergarten: Clean up your own mess; put things back where you found them; don’t take what’s not yours.
    Robert Fulghum

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