seedbed | Definition of seedbed

Synonyms and Antonyms of seedbed

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 seedbed

breeding ground, hotbed, hothouse, nest, nidus, nursery, seminary

Words Related to seedbed

base, capital, center, core, cynosure, eye, focus, heart, hub, mecca, nucleus, seat

focus, 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 seedbed

fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seed

Words Related to seedbed

font, fountain, spring, well, wellhead, wellspring

beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, incipiency, launch, morning, onset, outset, start, threshold

creation, inauguration, origination

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 seedbed

cradle, font, fountain, fountainhead, origin, root, source, spring, well, wellspring

Words Related to seedbed

beginning, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold

baseline, first base, ground zero, square one