cultivate

Synonyms

advance, encourage, forward, foster, further, incubate, nourish, nurse, nurture, promote;

Antonyms

discourage, frustrate, hinder, inhibit;

Near Antonyms

ban, bar, enjoin, forbid, interdict, outlaw, prevent, prohibit, proscribe;

repress, snuff (out), squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress;

arrest, check, halt, retard;

encumber, fetter, hobble, impede, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle;

Related Words

advocate, back, champion, endorse (also indorse), support, uphold;

endow, finance, fund, patronize, stake, subsidize, underwrite;

abet, aid, assist;

advertise, boost, plug, publicize, tout;

agitate (for), campaign (for), work (for);