Nurture synonyms

care for

To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable.

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nourish

To foster the development of; promote:

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school

To control, or compose, one's expression.

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starve (antonym)

To deprive of nourishment.

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deprive (antonym)

To take something away from:

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cultivate

To promote the development or growth of; acquire and develop

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food (related)

(Uncountable, figuratively) Anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of an entity or idea.

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aliment

Means of support; necessity

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provide for

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ignore (antonym)

To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider

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fare

The usual kind of diet

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sustain (related)

To support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop:

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develop

To acquire secondary sex characteristics. Used especially of a girl.

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tend

(With to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.) [from the early 14th c.]

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ignorance (antonym)

Unawareness (of)

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subsistence (related)

The quality of being inherent

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neglect (antonym)

The state or fact of being neglected:

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education (related)

(Countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.

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training (related)

The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.

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bolster

To buoy up or hearten:

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cherish

To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.

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raise

To grow, especially in quantity; cultivate:

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strengthen

To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.

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teach

To give instruction at or in (a place)

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uphold

To give moral or spiritual support or encouragement to

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starvation (antonym)

The state of being starved

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foodstuff

An instance of material which may be used as food.

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nutriment

Anything that promotes growth, development, or good health

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sustenance

One's means of livelihood; maintenance; support

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victual

(Informal, Dial.) Articles of food, esp. when prepared for use

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grub

The short, fat, wormlike larva of certain insects, esp. of a beetle

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fostering

Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community.

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upbringing

Upbringing is the way a child is raised, or the lessons, instructions and teachings that his or her parents impart.

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creativity (related)

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entrepreneurial (related)

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instill (related)

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motivate (related)

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care

A cause of such a mental state

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support

To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

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diet

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

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feed

To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation:

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train

To administer or undergo training

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provender

An edible material that provides sustenance.

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chow

The definition of a chow is a breed of Chinese dog, a chow chow, with a thick coat and a black tongue.

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foster

To bring up with care; rear

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nurse

To tend the sick, injured, etc. as a nurse

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breeding

One's line of descent; ancestry:

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raising

Recruitment.

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rearing

Act of raising young.

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rear

To care for (children or a child) during the early stages of life; bring up.

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pabulum

Bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words.

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educate

To provide with information, as in an effort to gain support for a position or to influence behavior:

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mother

To act or serve as a mother.

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bread

Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life:

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comestible

(Chiefly in the plural) Anything that can be eaten; food. [From 19th c.]

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edible

Anything edible.

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esculent

Something edible; a comestible.

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meat

(Uncountable) The flesh of an animal used as food. [from 14th c.]

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nourishment

The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished

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nutrition

Anything that nourishes; nourishment; food

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pap

Material lacking real value or substance:

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provision

Provision is defined as a supply of something or to the act of providing a supply of something.

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ingestion (related)

The action of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.

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bringing-up

helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

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fosterage

The state of being a foster child

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bring up

Used other than as an idiom: To bring from a lower position to a higher position..