Antonyms for cultivate
ˈkʌl təˌveɪtcul·ti·vate

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1. cultivate

   Antonyms:
   neglect, desert, abandon, stifle, prevent, discourage, abolish, blight, blast, paralyze, eradicate, extirpate, uproot

   Synonyms:
   promote, foster, study, improve, fertilize, till, advance, refine, improve, civilize, nourish, cherish

Matched Categories

1. • Adapt
   • Farming
   • Plant

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1. cultivateverb

   foster the growth of

   Synonyms:
   naturalize, tame, school, train, domesticate, civilise, naturalise, work, civilize, educate, crop

2. cultivate, crop, workverb

   prepare for crops

   "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"

   Synonyms:
   knead, turn, operate, sour, act, shape, clip, civilise, work out, run, wreak, function, prune, forge, lick, civilize, solve, pasture, trim, browse, figure out, form, naturalise, mould, train, play, naturalize, exploit, go, make, do work, make for, mold, tame, bring, educate, puzzle out, put to work, school, process, crop, work, ferment, domesticate, work on, graze, act upon, cut back, influence, snip, lop, exercise, dress, range

3. educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civiliseverb

   teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

   "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

   Synonyms:
   aim, groom, educate, naturalise, civilize, school, develop, discipline, take aim, rail, work, domesticate, check, coach, condition, direct, train, trail, take, naturalize, tame, civilise, crop, prepare

4. domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tameverb

   adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

   "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"

   Synonyms:
   reclaim, educate, naturalise, domesticize, civilize, school, moderate, crop, work, naturalize, domesticise, domesticate, tone down, train, tame, civilise, chasten, subdue

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1. cultivateverb

   Synonyms:
   till

How to use cultivate in a sentence?

1. Amit Ray:

   Cultivate blessing. Bless yourself. Bless the whole world. Let it be full with love, peace, joy and happiness.

2. Mark Lawrence:

   It's a small gesture, no doubt, but a very characteristic one for a skillful politician like( President Lyndon Johnson) to lose no chance to cultivate loyalty and support.

3. Rainer Maria Rilke:

   Do continue to believe that with your feeling and your work you are taking part in the greatest the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it.

4. Gertrude Stein:

   I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which demands that people be affectionate, respectable, honest and content, that they avoid excitements and cultivate serenity is the ideal that appeals to me, it is in short the ideal of affectionate family life, of honorable business methods.

5. Sindiswa Matyobeni:

   Challenges cultivate ingenuity

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