nurture

/nˈɝtʃɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. help develop, help grow
   “nurture his talents”
2. look after a child until it is an adult
   “raise a family”
3. provide with nourishment
   “We sustained ourselves on bread and water”

noun

1. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
2. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
   “they debated whether nature or nurture was more important”

Synonyms for nurture

• foster
• rear
• raise
• bring up
• parent
• nourish
• sustain
• raising
• rearing
• breeding
• bringing up
• fostering
• fosterage
• upbringing

Words that rhyme with nurture

• searcher
• bircher
• birtcher
• burcher
• mckercher