ignore
verb
1 he ignored the customers and began counting money:
disregard, take no notice of, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pass over, shut one's eyes to, be oblivious to, turn a blind eye to, turn a deaf ear to, brush aside, shrug off, push aside, never mind;
look the other way.
▷antonyms pay attention to.
2 he was ignored by the countess:
snub, slight, spurn, shun, disdain, look right through, look past, turn one's back on, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, freeze out, steer clear of;
British send to Coventry;
informal give someone the brush-off, cut, cut dead, knock back, give someone the go-by;
British, informal blank.
▷antonyms acknowledge.
3 doctors ignored her husband's instructions:
set aside, pay no attention to, take no account of, veto;
break, contravene, fail to comply with, fail to observe, disobey, breach, defy, flout, fly in the face of;
omit, leave out, bypass, overlook, neglect, disregard, exclude;
informal skip.
▷antonyms obey.