nurture

Meaning

Noun

1. The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care
2. That which nourishes; food; diet.
3. The environmental influences that contribute to a person’s development (as opposed to "nature").

Verb

1. To nourish or nurse.
2. To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.

Synonyms

nourish

foster

raise

bring up

rear

feed

nurse

cherish

care for

rearing

upbringing

breeding

breed

educate

support

take care of

take care

care

cultivate

fostering

sustain

raising

look after

tend

fosterage

bringing up

grow

train

🚋

mind

nourishment

parent

entertain

promote

cultivation

serve

service

food

🍽️

teach

develop

tutelage

hatch

incubate

brood

culture

cradle

training

treat

vet

work

worry

provide for

camphorate

education

nutrition

aliment

give care

attend

attend to

boost

break in

carry on

coach

coddle

comfort

after-care

crop

cure

deal

discipline

dispose of

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

domesticate

drill

edification

encourage

fare

fix up

fledge

fodder

go

handle

harbour

instill

instruct

keep

manage

mother

👩‍🍼

nutriment

plant

🌱

promotion

provide

push

school

🏫

schooling

settle

subsist

sustenance

tame

teaching

tending

till

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɜːɹ.t͡ʃəɹ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: norture

In summary

From Middle English norture, noriture, from Old French norriture, norreture, from Late Latin nutritura (“nourishment”), from Latin nutrire (“to nourish”).