Ignore and Prefer

Opposite meaning words

Ignore verb - To fail to give proper attention to.

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Prefer is an antonym for ignore.

Nearby Words: ignorance, ignoring

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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Ignore is an antonym for prefer in favor topic.

people	ignore people	prefer people
stuff	ignore stuff	prefer stuff
death	ignore death	prefer death
time	ignore time	prefer time
Other words: way, characters, game, armor, humans.

Later seasons, and the later series as a whole, seems to ignore this, portraying them instead to be meek and weak cowards who prefer subterfuge and hired muscle in order to do their dirty work.

Source: Early Installment Weirdness / Live-Action TV
Some fans completely prefer to ignore the Michael McDonald soft rock era of the Doobie Brothers.

Source: Discontinuity / Music
And then there are some that prefer to ignore X-Men Origins: Wolverine, because it was poorly executed and has a lot of continuity errors with the main series.

Source: Discontinuity / Live-Action Films

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