Nurture synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
To control, or compose, one's expression.
To foster the development of; promote:
To promote the development or growth of; acquire and develop
deprive (antonym)
To take something away from:
Means of support; necessity
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The usual kind of diet
food (related)
(Uncountable, figuratively) Anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of an entity or idea.
provide for
To acquire secondary sex characteristics. Used especially of a girl.
(With to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.) [from the early 14th c.]
ignore (antonym)
To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider
subsistence (related)
The quality of being inherent
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sustain (related)
To support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop:
To buoy up or hearten:
To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.
To grow, especially in quantity; cultivate:
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To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
To give instruction at or in (a place)
To give moral or spiritual support or encouragement to
ignorance (antonym)
Unawareness (of)
neglect (antonym)
The state or fact of being neglected:
starvation (antonym)
The state of being starved
Anything that promotes growth, development, or good health
One's means of livelihood; maintenance; support
The short, fat, wormlike larva of certain insects, esp. of a beetle
Upbringing is the way a child is raised, or the lessons, instructions and teachings that his or her parents impart.
creativity (related)
motivate (related)
A cause of such a mental state
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A program or plan consisting of a special or limited selection of food and drink and designed to promote health or a gain or loss of weight; specif., such a program or plan designed to promote weight loss
feed (related)
To be nourished or supported:
train (related)
Train means to guide, coach or instruct.
To provide with information, as in an effort to gain support for a position or to influence behavior:
To promote the growth and development of; cultivate:
To act or serve as a mother.
(Archaic) To lift upright; raise.
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Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life:
(Chiefly in the plural) Anything that can be eaten; food. [From 19th c.]
Anything edible.
Something edible; a comestible.
The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
Anything that nourishes; nourishment; food
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Bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words.
Material lacking real value or substance:
An edible material that provides sustenance.
Provision is defined as a supply of something or to the act of providing a supply of something.
(Informal, Dial.) Articles of food, esp. when prepared for use
The definition of a chow is a breed of Chinese dog, a chow chow, with a thick coat and a black tongue.
To try to cure by special care or treatment:
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One's line of descent; ancestry:
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community.
The state of being a foster child
Recruitment.
Act of raising young.
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To cause to come into existence; originate.
entrepreneurial (related)
instill (related)
deprivation (antonym)
Deprivation is defined as the state of having something withheld from the enjoyment or possession of someone.
Find another word for nurture. In this page you can discover 69 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for nurture, like: care for, school, nourish, cultivate, starve, deprive, aliment, fare, food, provide for and develop.