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Definitions for Forget

[1] to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
[2] to omit or neglect unintentionally: I forgot to shut the window before leaving.
[3] to leave behind unintentionally; neglect to take: to forget one's keys.
[4] to omit mentioning; leave unnoticed.
[5] to fail to think of; take no note of.
[6] to neglect willfully; disregard or slight.
[7] to cease or omit to think of something.
[8] forget oneself , to say or do something improper or unbefitting one's rank, position, or character.
[9] (when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to fail to recall (someone or something once known); be unable to remember
[10] (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to neglect, usually as the result of an unintentional error
[11] (tr) to leave behind by mistake
[12] (tr) to disregard intentionally
[13] (when tr, may take a clause as object) to fail to mention
[14] forget oneself to act in an improper manner to be unselfish to be deep in thought
[15] forget it! an exclamation of annoyed or forgiving dismissal of a matter or topic

Words related to Forget

ignore, fail, overlook, neglect, skip, blow, obliterate, omit, discount, drop, slight, blink, trespass, disregard, transgress, disremember, misrecollect, overpass

Words nearby Forget

forgather, forgave, forge, forge welding, forgery, forget, forget it, forget oneself, forget-me-not, forgetful, forgetive

Origin of Forget

before 900; for- + get; replacing Middle English foryeten, Old English forg(i)etan; cognate with Old Saxon fargetan, Old High German firgezzan

Other words from Forget

for·get·ta·ble , adjective
for·get·ter , noun
un·for·get·ting , adjective

Word origin for Forget

Old English forgietan ; related to Old Frisian forgeta , Old Saxon fargetan , Old High German firgezzan

Synonyms for Forget

blow, obliterate, clean forget, consign to oblivion, dismiss from mind, disremember, draw a blank, escape one's memory, fail to remember, let slip from memory, lose consciousness of, lose sight of, misrecollect, think no more of