Synonyms of reared

reared

verb

past tense of rear

1

as in raised

to bring to maturity through care and education

watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raised
• bred
• fostered
• nurtured
• taught
• fed
• educated
• cultivated
• nursed
• nourished
• promoted
• brought up
• watched
• attended
• fathered
• cradled
• schooled
• trained
• mothered
• disciplined
• supplied
• instructed
• prepared
• led
• provided (for)
• enlightened
• indoctrinated
• forwarded
• tutored
• mentored
• ministered (to)
• directed
• guided
• furthered
• minded
• cared (for)
• showed
• advanced
• edified
• shepherded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abused
• maltreated
• mistreated
• ignored
• neglected
• mishandled
• ill-treated
• injured
• hurt
• ill-used
• harmed

2

as in erected

to fix in an upright position

it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erected
• raised
• lifted
• hoisted
• pitched
• set up
• upraised
• braced
• elevated
• upended
• put up
• supported
• buttressed
• upheld
• uplifted
• propped (up)
• heightened
• heaved
• craned
• hiked
• upped
• boosted
• shored (up)
• hefted
• picked up
• jacked (up)
• perked (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flattened
• leveled
• demolished
• razed
• knocked down
• tore down

3

as in built

to form by putting together parts or materials

the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• built
• constructed
• assembled
• made
• erected
• created
• manufactured
• raised
• designed
• produced
• established
• fabricated
• pieced
• made up
• put together
• set up
• confected
• molded
• shaped
• fashioned
• generated
• rebuilt
• put up
• originated
• concocted
• organized
• hammered
• began
• founded
• invented
• instituted
• fathered
• inaugurated
• conceived
• framed
• forged
• initiated
• prefabricated
• devised
• constituted
• carpentered
• coined
• reconstructed
• handcrafted
• imagined
• reassembled
• contrived
• innovated
• combined
• cooked (up)
• united
• thought (up)
• retrofitted
• threw up
• reedified
• redeveloped
• rigged (up)
• jerry-built

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• struck
• destroyed
• dismantled
• flattened
• dismembered
• disassembled
• shattered
• wrecked
• ruined
• leveled
• pulverized
• smashed
• knocked down
• tore down
• demolished
• took down
• devastated
• razed
• exploded
• pulled down
• separated
• divided
• detached
• demounted
• disengaged
• blew up
• ruinated
• disconnected
• disunited
• disjoined

4

as in grew

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

an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grew
• cultivated
• produced
• raised
• planted
• harvested
• promoted
• cultured
• tended
• bred
• dressed
• cropped
• propagated
• rooted
• gathered
• sowed
• sprouted
• gleaned
• reaped
• ripened
• germinated
• quickened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killed
• picked
• plucked
• dug
• uprooted
• extirpated
• pulled (up)
• cut
• mowed
• hayed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reared

Old Ripper reared up on his hind legs and bellowed like a wild bull. — Jack Wingate As Told To John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2026

Generations of children, including Queen Victoria, would be reared on the educational texts Maria and her father co-wrote. — Jeanna Smialek, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

Spiders produce small amounts of usable silk compared to silkworms, which have been reared for their cocoons for more than 4,000 years. — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026

That's when the Brewers' incredible penchant for outperforming on batting average on balls in play reared its gigantic head yet again. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Barring some sort of unforeseen cataclysm, Inevitability has reared its great, shaggy head. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Morrison was born in Pittsburgh but reared in Walnut Creek, California, a suburb in the East Bay. — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

With American Family Field rocking, Ashby reared back and threw a nasty curve that Díaz tried to hold up on. — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

In Malaysia, that same complexity reared its head in frustrating fashion. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026