The Meaning of regard

• (v. t.) To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.
• (v. t.) Hence, to look or front toward; to face.
• (v. t.) To look closely at; to observe attentively; to pay attention to; to notice or remark particularly.
• (v. t.) To look upon, as in a certain relation; to hold as an popinion; to consider; as, to regard abstinence from wine as a duty; to regard another as a friend or enemy.
• (v. t.) To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to regard one with favor or dislike.
• (v. t.) To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem.
• (v. t.) To take into consideration; to take account of, as a fact or condition.
• (v. t.) To have relation to, as bearing upon; to respect; to relate to; to touch; as, an argument does not regard the question; -- often used impersonally; as, I agree with you as regards this or that.
• (v. i.) To look attentively; to consider; to notice.
• (v. t.) A look; aspect directed to another; view; gaze.
• (v. t.) Attention of the mind with a feeling of interest; observation; heed; notice.
• (v. t.) That view of the mind which springs from perception of value, estimable qualities, or anything that excites admiration; respect; esteem; reverence; affection; as, to have a high regard for a person; -- often in the plural.
• (v. t.) State of being regarded, whether favorably or otherwise; estimation; repute; note; account.
• (v. t.) Consideration; thought; reflection; heed.
• (v. t.) Matter for consideration; account; condition.
• (v. t.) Respect; relation; reference.
• (v. t.) Object of sight; scene; view; aspect.
• (v. t.) Supervision; inspection.

Synonyms

paying attention , respect , esteem , respectfulness , wish , deference , attentiveness , obedience , gaze , heed , compliments , indirect request , wishing , want , admiration , ensure , project , interpret , look , experience , get word , visualise , deal , affect , assure , image , fancy , run across , go steady , learn , debate , depend , run into , discover , escort , turn over , examine , pick up , visit , reckon , consider , study , forecast , come across , cypher , get a line , weigh , get wind , figure , estimate , take care , calculate , control , ascertain , insure , attend , suppose , date , realize , check , meet , go out , witness , count on , take , moot , catch , construe , find out , see , bet , visualize , picture , find , work out , go through , opine , view , count , think , hear , deliberate , guess , compute , envision , determine , take in , encounter , believe , watch , involve , look at , conceive , see to it , cipher , understand , imagine , realise , bear upon , call for , impress , touch , strike , dissemble , sham , move , touch on , imply , pretend , require , necessitate , postulate , demand , impact , ask , bear on , need , feign , attachment , adherence , devotion , friendship , adhesion , inclination , tenderness , affection , estimation , love , union

Antonyms

alienation , aversion , distance , estrangement , repugnance , animosity , enmity , opposition , severance , coolness , divorce , indifference , separation , antipathy , dislike

Rhymes

alard , archard , ard , avant-garde , backyard , bard , barde , barnard , barnyard , barred , beauregard , bedard , belgard , bellard , benard , bernard , berrard , bevard , billard , blowhard , blvd , boatyard , bodyguard , boilard , bolyard , bombard , bossard , bouchard , bouffard , boulevard , bovard , bozard , brickyard , brossard , bunyard , burchard , burnard , buzard , byard , canard , card , chard , charred , chouinard , churchyard , courtyard , deckard , denard , dennard , dewaard , diehard , dillard , disbarred , discard , disregard , dockyard , eckard , eckhard , ekkehard , farmyard , gabbard , gallard , garard , gard , garde , gaspard , gerard , gerhard , giard , gibbard , girard , giscard , godard , gossard , graveyard , guard , guerard , guichard , hard , hildegarde , hypercard , icard , jarrard , jarred , junkyard , lard , lazard , leotard , lifeguard , lumberyard , maillard , marquard , marred , mccard , menard , nard , parde , picard , pickard , postcard , renard , rennard , retard , revard , ricard , rocard , safeguard , scarred , schoolyard , scorecard , shard , shipyard , sparred , stockyard , suchard , tarred , vanguard , wildcard , willyard , yard , yarde