regard

1. 1.

   deem to be

   “She views this quite differently from me”

   “I consider her to be shallow”

   “I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do”

   Synonymsseeconsiderreckonview

   Broaderthink

   Narrowerexpectreceivereconsiderincludeconsidercalllikerelativizeidentifyfavor
2. 2.

   look at attentively

   Synonymsconsider

   Broaderlook
3. 3.

   connect closely and often incriminatingly

   “This new ruling affects your business”

   Synonymsinvolveaffect

   Broaderrefer

   Narrowerimplicate

Other forms of regard

plural

regards·

past tense

regarded·

present participle

regarding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about regard

What does regard mean?

regard means "(usually preceded by `in') a detail or point". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in regard?

regard has 2 syllables: re-gard. The stress falls on "gard". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd/.

What is another word for regard?

Close synonyms include respect, attentiveness, heed, paying attention, wish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is regard a common word?

regard is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with regard?

9 words rhyme with regard. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.