foster - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)

Synonyms

• Foster
• Stephen Collins Foster
• Stephen Foster

Verb

help develop, help grow

Synonyms

• foster
• nurture

More generic

• encourage

More specific

• keep going
• patronage
• patronise
• patronize
• serve
• serve well
• support

Verb

bring up under fosterage; of children

Synonyms

• foster

More generic

• bring up
• nurture
• parent
• raise
• rear

Verb

promote the growth of

Synonyms

• foster
• further

More generic

• advance
• boost
• encourage
• further
• promote

Adjective

providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties

Synonyms

• foster
• surrogate

Related

• adoptive

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