cared-for

1. 1.

   having needed care and attention

   “well-cared-for children”

   Antonymsuncared-for

   Similarattended

Questions about cared-for

What does cared-for mean?

cared-for means "having needed care and attention".

How many syllables are in cared-for?

cared-for has 3 syllables: ca-red--for. The stress falls on "ca".

What is the opposite of cared-for?

The recorded antonyms are uncared-for.

Is cared-for a common word?

cared-for is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.