Synonyms of cultivating

cultivating

verb

present participle of cultivate

1

as in developing

to come to have gradually

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• developing
• acquiring
• gaining
• forming
• getting
• obtaining
• adopting
• embracing
• achieving
• absorbing
• attaining
• reaching
• promoting
• fostering
• taking on
• nurturing
• taking in
• nourishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• abandoning
• forsaking
• deserting
• dumping
• rejecting
• unloading
• discarding
• shedding
• casting
• ditching
• sloughing
• scrapping
• throwing away
• throwing out
• flinging (off or away)
• jettisoning
• junking
• shucking (off)

2

as in promoting

to help the growth or development of

cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promoting
• encouraging
• fostering
• nurturing
• advancing
• furthering
• forwarding
• assisting
• advocating
• supporting
• incubating
• nourishing
• upholding
• endorsing
• aiding
• nursing
• funding
• financing
• subsidizing
• championing
• backing
• underwriting
• boosting
• advertising
• publicizing
• abetting
• working (for)
• staking
• endowing
• patronizing
• plugging
• touting
• agitating (for)
• campaigning (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• inhibiting
• hindering
• prohibiting
• discouraging
• forbidding
• fighting
• combating
• opposing
• banning
• enjoining
• proscribing
• outlawing
• countering
• frustrating
• interdicting
• barring
• battling
• suppressing
• repressing
• subduing
• contending (with)
• checking
• stifling
• squashing
• arresting
• retarding
• halting
• impeding
• obstructing
• squelching
• interfering (with)
• encumbering
• hobbling
• snuffing (out)
• shackling
• fettering
• manacling

3

as in growing

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 & Similar Words

• growing
• producing
• promoting
• planting
• harvesting
• raising
• tending
• cropping
• rearing
• culturing
• breeding
• dressing
• propagating
• sowing
• reaping
• sprouting
• gathering
• rooting
• ripening
• gleaning
• germinating
• quickening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killing
• picking
• digging
• pulling (up)
• plucking
• cutting
• uprooting
• extirpating
• mowing
• haying

4

as in harvesting

to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on

we ought to cultivate the field out back

Synonyms & Similar Words

• harvesting
• farming
• planting
• tending
• tilling
• cropping
• reaping
• hoeing
• harrowing
• sharecropping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cultivating

The novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch argued that the slow, daily work of cultivating good attachments and trying to see reality clearly is more effective than will power. — Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Dozens of farms are cultivating different types of seaweed in New England, the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. — Amy Taxin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Digital exports are becoming national strategy across the developing world, and competition among nations is inverting—from offering the cheapest hours to cultivating the most AI-fluent minds. — Hammad Ali Nasir, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Allen noted that the gallery has been cultivating museum exhibition opportunities in Busan and other locations. — Vivienne Chow, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

The intervention of Allied troops on the White Russian side in the Russian Civil War deepened Bolshevik paranoia, and Bolshevik leaders concluded that hostile powers would always seek to destroy Russia by cultivating internal enemies. — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

According to royal insider Rob Shuter, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very interested in cultivating a close relationship with Charles. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 Aug. 2026

Advantages of cultivating a single clone include uniform ripening and flavor profile and consistent tannin and acidity levels, which allow for greater control over the final wine. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2026

For leaders, cultivating an environment where people actively seek out and fill these gaps is what separates adaptive companies from stagnant ones. — Stacy L. Hambleton, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026