Care
Care noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.
Usage example: while you're under my care, you'll do as you're told
Ward is a synonym for care in duty topic. In some cases you can use "Ward" instead a noun "Care", when it comes to topics like guardianship, custody, usually child.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| loving | loving care | loving ward |
| good | good care | good ward |
| rich | rich care | rich ward |
| full | full care | full ward |
| Other adjectives: common, perfect, regular, single, entire, real, main, mental, general, modern, medical, psychiatric, worse. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Ward says he doesn't care, slavery is wrong, and he never liked Landislaw anyway.
Source: Let Them Die -
Would Hurt a Child: More accurately, "doesn't care if they die horribly in a hospital ward", but that's splitting hairs.
Source: Film / The Third Man -
In Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Marluxia teleports Namine into his arms to try to ward off Axel from attacking him, but Axel laughs and says he doesn't care.
Source: Human Shield
Cite this Source
Ward and Care. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/care/ward
Care & Ward. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/care/ward>.
Ward or Care. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/care/ward.
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