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cultivate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of cultivate

1 to come to have gradually

  • cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends
Synonyms of cultivate

acquire, develop, form
Words Related to cultivate

absorb, adopt, embrace, take in, take on

gain, get, obtain

achieve, attain, reach

foster, nourish, nurture, promote
Near Antonyms of cultivate

abandon, desert, forsake

cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, junk, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (also sluff), throw away, throw out, unload
Antonyms of cultivate

lose

2 to help the growth or development of

  • cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years
Synonyms of cultivate

advance, encourage, forward, foster, further, incubate, nourish, nurse, nurture, promote
Words Related to cultivate

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)
Near Antonyms of cultivate

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

battle, combat, contend (with), counter, fight, oppose

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

arrest, check, halt, retard

encumber, fetter, hobble, impede, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle
Antonyms of cultivate

discourage, frustrate, hinder, inhibit

3 to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care

  • in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello
Synonyms of cultivate

crop, culture, dress, grow, promote, raise, rear, tend
Words Related to cultivate

breed, produce, propagate

plant, sow

gather, glean, harvest, reap

germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sprout
Near Antonyms of cultivate

kill

dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot

cut, hay, mow

4 to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on

  • we ought to cultivate the field out back
Synonyms of cultivate

farm, tend, till
Words Related to cultivate

crop, plant

harvest, reap

harrow, hoe

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