Synonyms of nurtured

nurtured

verb

past tense of nurture

1

as in cultivated

to help the growth or development of

wanted to find the art school that would best nurture his artistic talent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultivated
• encouraged
• promoted
• fostered
• nourished
• incubated
• forwarded
• advanced
• furthered
• supported
• assisted
• advocated
• nursed
• funded
• championed
• endorsed
• financed
• upheld
• aided
• backed
• patronized
• endowed
• subsidized
• staked
• abetted
• advertised
• publicized
• worked (for)
• boosted
• underwrote
• plugged
• touted
• agitated (for)
• campaigned (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inhibited
• discouraged
• hindered
• prevented
• prohibited
• frustrated
• opposed
• fought
• proscribed
• enjoined
• banned
• outlawed
• barred
• forbade
• countered
• suppressed
• stifled
• contended (with)
• repressed
• checked
• arrested
• battled
• subdued
• combated
• halted
• interdicted
• retarded
• squelched
• impeded
• squashed
• interfered (with)
• encumbered
• obstructed
• hobbled
• snuffed (out)
• shackled
• fettered
• manacled

2

as in educated

to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding

she feels that her lifelong practice of reading the Bible daily has nurtured her in ways she cannot describe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• educated
• inspired
• enriched
• transformed
• enlightened
• illumined
• uplifted
• edified
• illuminated
• improved
• ennobled
• illumed
• elevated
• lifted
• renewed
• regenerated
• ensouled
• bettered
• transfigured
• exalted
• glorified

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confused
• puzzled
• perplexed
• obscured
• darkened
• clouded
• beclouded

3

as in sustained

to supply with nourishment

nurtured their children through the long winters with home-cooked soup

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sustained
• nourished
• fed
• satisfied
• suckled
• filled
• satiated
• replenished
• sated
• strengthened
• catered
• fortified
• nursed
• surfeited
• cloyed
• provisioned
• boarded
• victualed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nurtured

When trust is earned and nurtured, the advisor should have no problem delivering hard messages when necessary. — Shehab Mohammad, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Another, paradoxically, was a recent period that was exceptionally wet, which nurtured thick grass in areas that were already overgrown. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

The dynamic of these three together — and of Holland, Zendaya and Batalon in the roles — has been lovingly nurtured over four films and pays off here with genuinely affecting moments that will have some fans getting misty-eyed. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026

But the majority of the album is focused on the machinery that brings stars to life, with nods to the Velvet Underground, a band that was famously nurtured by a man who knew a little something about that. — Caryn Ganz, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026

Policy makers have nudged it into reserve baskets, offered central bank swap lines, nurtured its own payment system and more. — Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 17 July 2026

Kevin Tubbs, a man bursting with love for animals and the world that nurtured them, read the letter over. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

What Christopher Reeve gets so right as the Man of Steel is bringing nuance, kindness and soaring spirit to an American icon – and an alien nurtured to be the best of us. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026

There, her grade school love for numbers and desire to help people was nurtured. — Miami Herald, 1 July 2026