cultivate | Definition of cultivate

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

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

gather, glean, harvest, reap

germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sprout

Near Antonyms of cultivate

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

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

we ought to cultivate the field out back

Synonyms of cultivate

farm, tend, till

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