Synonyms of cherishing

cherishing

verb

present participle of cherish

1

as in loving

to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for

promised to love and cherish her husband forever

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loving
• worshiping
• adoring
• worshipping
• falling for
• carrying the torch (for)
• carrying a torch (for)
• idealizing
• idolizing
• revering
• reverencing
• losing one's heart (to)
• venerating
• canonizing
• adulating
• deifying
• doting (on)
• delighting (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hating
• despising
• detesting
• abhorring
• loathing
• antagonizing
• displeasing
• disliking
• execrating
• disapproving (of)
• abominating
• repelling
• sickening
• repulsing
• revolting
• disgusting
• turning off
• nauseating
• disfavoring

2

as in treasuring

to hold dear

we shall always cherish the keepsakes that our grandmother left us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• treasuring
• valuing
• loving
• appreciating
• enjoying
• respecting
• admiring
• prizing
• relishing
• regarding
• liking
• revering
• reverencing
• setting store on
• venerating
• worshiping
• fancying
• revelling (in)
• caressing
• grooving (on)
• memorializing
• enshrining
• delighting (in)
• reveling (in)
• setting store by
• esteeming
• digging
• idolizing
• worshipping
• adoring
• apprizing
• doting (on)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hating
• despising
• undervaluing
• detesting
• abhorring
• minimizing
• disdaining
• loathing
• scouting
• scorning
• execrating
• forgetting
• disvaluing
• abandoning
• slighting
• neglecting
• belittling
• sniffing (at)
• disparaging
• depreciating
• snubbing
• deprecating
• decrying
• abominating
• writing off
• putting down
• crying down
• bad-mouthing
• high-hatting
• kissing off

3

as in having

to keep in one's mind or heart

after all these years, she still cherishes the memory of her first summer romance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• having
• holding
• retaining
• harboring
• cultivating
• entertaining
• keeping
• maintaining
• bearing
• nursing
• remembering
• preserving
• carrying
• sustaining
• fostering
• nurturing
• holding on to
• hugging
• hanging on to
• supporting
• treasuring
• sticking (to)
• clinging (to)
• brooding (about or over)
• cleaving (to)
• obsessing (about or over)
• fixating (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• forgetting
• neglecting
• denying
• disregarding
• overlooking
• dropping
• rejecting
• refusing
• declining
• abandoning
• repudiating
• discarding
• renouncing
• forsaking
• disdaining
• deserting
• scorning
• giving up
• quitting
• parting (with)
• abjuring
• throwing out
• erasing
• expunging