card, n. 1. postcard, greeting card, sympathy card, mass card; identification, ID, badge, calling card; cards, playing cards.
2. bill, program, slate; calendar, schedule, docket, agenda, order of the day; menu, bill of fare; Sports. list, roster, batting order, line-up.
3. in or
on the cards imminent, impending, near, at hand; likely, probable, apt, liable, in the wind or air, in the offing; destined, fated, ordained, in store.
cardinal, adj. 1. main, chief, principal, prime, central, focal; essential, necessary, indispensable, primary, elementary, fundamental, basic, basal; first, foremost, headmost, leading, dominant, supreme, uppermost, highest, paramount, crowning, preeminent, top, greatest, vital, key, most important, important.
2. red, scarlet, crimson, vermilion.
-n. 3. Rom. Cath. Ch. prelate, primate, hierarch, high priest, archpriest, Eastern Ch. exarch; archbishop, metropolitan, bishop, diocesan.
care, n. 1. worry, anxiety, disquiet, disquietude, uneasiness, inquietude; distress, fretfulness, misgiving, qualm, apprehension; trouble, concern, regard, solicitude, cark; anguish, sorrow, dolor, grief, sadness, affliction, heartache; matter, ailment, ill, grievance; vexation, annoyance, nuisance, tribulation; strain, pressure, burden, onus; tax, cross, encumbrance, cum-brance, lead, handicap.
2. • attention, carefulness, caution, prudence, pains; heed, heedfulness, watchfulness, advertence; alertness, vigilance, circumspection, wariness; awareness, consciousness, mindfulness; meticulousness, fastidiousness, conscientiousness, scrupulousness, punctiliousness, painstakingness; exaction, precision, preciseness, strictness, particularity, accuracy.
3. protection, charge, ward, keep; responsibility, safekeeping, safeguard, custody, guardianship, tutelage, guidance; surveillance, vigil, lookout.
4. ward, charge, dependent, minor, prot^g£.
-v. 5. be concerned, be solicitous, be uneasy, worry, trouble; fret, fuss, fidget, be apprehensive; bother, mind, Inf. give a damn, Inf. give a hoot, Inf. give a hang, Archaic, cark.
6. take care of a. care for, sit, sit with, baby-sit, watch, look after,
b. attend to, act on, deal with, see to, take action on, take up.
7. care for like, fancy, enjoy, be fond of, take to, be pleased with, Inf. be sweet on, SI. have a crush on; prefer, rather, have a mind to, incline towards, hanker after; hope for, wish, want, desire; yearn for, long for, hunger for, thirst for, crave, covet; love, cherish, hold dear, be enamored of, treasure, prize.
careen, v. tilt, lean, cant, heel, incline, list, slope, slant; sway, bend, tend, lurch, pitch; tip, keel, turn over; veer, shift, swerve, deviate, diverge, sheer.
career, n. 1. course, progression, progress, passage, line, movement, march; orbit, flowing, flow, flux, rush, onrush, run; journey, trip, trek; direction, road, route, track, beat, way; lap, round, circuit, ambit.
2. occupation, profession, trade, business, line; vocation, avocation, following, calling, pursuit, craft, metier; employment, job, work, living, livelihood; bent, inclination, set.
-v. 3. run, hustle, bustle, rush, scramble, scamper, scuttle, bolt, dash, dart, fly, Inf. take off, SI. tear off, scoot, speed, sprint, shoot; hurry, hasten, spank, scud.
carefree, adj. 1. insouciant, free and easy, heedless, untroubled, unconcerned, unworried, happy-go-lucky, Inf. living the life of Riley; nonchalant, casual, indifferent, blas£, devil-may-care.