Synonyms for hold dear
hold dear

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1. hold dear

   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, foster, harbor, nourish, nurse, nurture, protect, shelter, treasure, value

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. care for, cherish, hold dear, treasureverb

   be fond of; be attached to

   Synonyms:
   prize, treasure, value, cherish, appreciate, treat, care for

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1. Florida Senator Marco Rubio:

   The next president must nominate a justice who will continue Justice Scalia's unwavering belief in the founding principles that we hold dear.

2. Kamala Harris:

   This is contrary to the principles we hold dear.

3. De Blasio:

   When a police officer is murdered, it tears at the foundation of our society. It is an attack on all of us. It's an attack on everything we hold dear. We depend on our police to protect us against forces of criminality and evil.

4. Chip Roy:

   I extend my sincere congratulations to my friend and colleague, Elise Stefanik, as I said from the beginning, our goal was to provide an alternative with a proven record of standing up not for politicians — but for freedom, the Constitution, and the conservative principles Americans hold dear.

5. Scott Perry:

   This is a betrayal, this is a betrayal of their oath. It is a betrayal of their country. It is a betrayal of everything we hold dear.