Synonyms for foster
ˈfɔ stər, ˈfɒs tərfos·ter

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1. foster

   To cherish is both to hold dear and to treat as dear. Mere unexpressed esteem would not be cherishing. In the marriage vow, "to love, honor, and cherish," the word cherish implies all that each can do by love and tenderness for the welfare and happiness of the other, as by support, protection, care in sickness, comfort in sorrow, sympathy, and help of every kind. To nurse is to tend the helpless or feeble, as infants, or the sick or wounded. To nourish is strictly to sustain and build up by food; to nurture includes careful mental and spiritual training, with something of love and tenderness; to foster is simply to maintain and care for, to bring up; a foster-child will be nourished, but may not be as tenderly nurtured or as lovingly cherished as if one's own. In the figurative sense, the opinion one cherishes he holds, not with mere cold conviction, but with loving devotion.

   See synonyms for ABANDON; CHASTEN.

   Synonyms:
   cheer, cherish, cling to, comfort, encourage, entertain, harbor, hold dear, nourish, nurse, nurture, protect, shelter, treasure, value

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1. Foster, Stephen Foster, Stephen Collins Fosteradjective

   United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)

   Antonyms:
   biological

2. foster, surrogateverb

   providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties

   "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father"

   Synonyms:
   surrogate

   Antonyms:
   biological

3. foster, furtherverb

   promote the growth of

   "Foster our children's well-being and education"

   Synonyms:
   encourage, promote, boost, advance, nurture, further

   Antonyms:
   biological

4. fosterverb

   bring up under fosterage; of children

   Synonyms:
   nurture, further

   Antonyms:
   biological

5. foster, nurtureverb

   help develop, help grow

   "nurture his talents"

   Synonyms:
   bring up, nurture, rear, sustain, raise, nourish, parent, further

   Antonyms:
   biological

Matched Categories

1. • Encourage
   • Promote
   • Rear

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1. fosterverb

   Synonyms:
   nurse, nourish, feed, support, sustain, bring up, rear up

2. fosterverb

   Synonyms:
   cherish, encourage, favor, promote, stimulate, forward, further, advance, help on, help forward

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1. fosterverb

   Synonyms:
   nourish, nurse, support, promote, encourage, advance

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1. List of paraphrases for "foster":

   promote, encourage, adoptive, promoting, stimulate, fostering, encouraging, facilitate, host, promotion, enhance, reception, nurture, boost, hospitality, saves, cultivate, favour, build, encouraged, strengthen, stimulating, advance, homes

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1. Staff John Kelly:

   The children will be taken care of -- put into foster care or whatever. But the big point is they elected to come illegally into the United States and this is a technique that no one hopes will be used extensively or for very long.

2. Travis County:

   I’m grateful to our dedicated career prosecutors and victims’ counselors who tried this case. They worked hard to make a complete and accurate presentation of the facts to the jury, our hearts continue to break for the Foster family. We hope this verdict brings closure and peace to the victim’s family.

3. Fariborz Pakseresht:

   DHS shares the same vision of a foster care system where all children are safe, have the customized supports they need to heal, and are cared for in stable, loving families where they thrive.

4. Zhang Baohui:

   We can see their (PLA) posture is starting to change and they moving to a new role, in part, we can see them attempting to foster a greater sense of nationality in Hong Kong.

5. Yasemin Baban:

   From the dogs we rescued that flew to America last, about 40% had broken teeth with nerves out in their mouth. Imagine how much pain they are in, a dog cannot speak and the people believe they are in good condition. But they are not. They have no chance to be medically checked in foster (homes) or in shelters here.