nurture
[noun]
Synonyms:
- development, discipline, education, instruction, rearing, training, upbringing
[verb]
Synonyms:
- develop, bring up, discipline, educate, instruct, rear, school, train

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Contrasted words: disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook, pass over, slight
Related Words: bring up, raise, rear, discipline, educate, school, train, back, bolster, support, sustain, uphold

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. nur‧ture¹ /ˈnɜːtʃə $ ˈnɜːrtʃər/ verb [transitive usually passive] formal

1. to help a plan, idea, feeling etc to develop:
European union is an ideal that has been nurtured since the post-war years.
a hatred of foreigners nurtured by the media

2. to feed and take care of a child or a plant while it is growing:
plants nurtured in the greenhouse

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. nurture² noun [uncountable] formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: norriture, from Late Latin nutritura, from Latin nutrire; ⇒ nutrient]
the education and care that you are given as a child, and the way it affects your later development and attitudes

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲