negligence | Definition of negligence

Synonyms and Antonyms of negligence

1 failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes

exhibiting his usual negligence, he failed to set the emergency brake, and the car rolled down the steep hill and crashed into the telephone pole

Synonyms of negligence

carelessness, dereliction, heedlessness, incaution, incautiousness, laxness, neglectfulness, remissness, slackness

Words Related to negligence

foolhardiness, rashness, recklessness, wildness

neglect, omission

delinquency, irresponsibility, irresponsibleness, malfeasance, malpractice, misconduct

misdirection, mishandling, mismanagement

forgetfulness, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness, obliviousness, shortsightedness, unwariness

Near Antonyms of negligence

alertness, attention, attentiveness, awareness

circumspection, observance, vigilance, watchfulness

responsibility, responsibleness

Antonyms of negligence

care, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, heedfulness

2 the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action

the factory's owners are being charged with criminal negligence for the fire that killed a dozen workers

Synonyms of negligence

default, delinquency, dereliction, failure, misprision, neglect, nonfeasance, oversight

Words Related to negligence

carelessness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency, laxity

Near Antonyms of negligence

compliance, discharge, fulfillment (or fulfilment)