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seedbeds

noun , plural of seedbed

Synonyms and Antonyms of seedbeds

1 a place or environment that favors the development of something

a social and political environment that would later become a seedbed of the abolition movement

Synonyms of seedbeds

breeding grounds, hotbeds, hothouses, nests, nidi (or niduses), nurseries, seminaries

Words Related to seedbeds

bases, capitals, centers, cores, cynosures, eyes, foci (also focuses), hearts, hubs, meccas, nuclei (also nucleuses), seats

foci (also focuses), headquarters

2 the source from which something grows or develops

that think tank has served as a seedbed for American conservatism since the Cold War era

Synonyms of seedbeds

fountainheads, germs, origins, roots, seed (or seeds)

Words Related to seedbeds

fonts, fountains, springs, wellheads, wells, wellsprings

beginnings, births, commencements, dawns, geneses, inceptions, incipiencies, launches, mornings, onsets, outsets, starts, thresholds

creations, inaugurations, originations

3 a point or place at which something is invented or provided

the historic role of the Middle East as a seedbed for new religions

Synonyms of seedbeds

cradles, fonts, fountainheads, fountains, origins, roots, sources, springs, wells, wellsprings

Words Related to seedbeds

beginnings, commencements, dawns, day ones, geneses, get-goes (also git-goes), inceptions, incipiences, incipiencies, kickoffs, launches, mornings, nascences, nascencies, onsets, outsets, starts, thresholds

baselines, first bases, ground zeros, square ones

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