Synonyms for cherish
ˈtʃɛr ɪʃ

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure(verb)

   be fond of; be attached to

   Synonyms:
   prize, treasure, value, appreciate, treat, care for, hold dear

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1. cherish

   To cherish is both to hold dear and to treat as dear. Mere unexpressed esteem would not be cherishing. In the marriage vow, "to love, honor, and cherish," the word cherish implies all that each can do by love and tenderness for the welfare and happiness of the other, as by support, protection, care in sickness, comfort in sorrow, sympathy, and help of every kind. To nurse is to tend the helpless or feeble, as infants, or the sick or wounded. To nourish is strictly to sustain and build up by food; to nurture includes careful mental and spiritual training, with something of love and tenderness; to foster is simply to maintain and care for, to bring up; a foster-child will be nourished, but may not be as tenderly nurtured or as lovingly cherished as if one's own. In the figurative sense, the opinion one cherishes he holds, not with mere cold conviction, but with loving devotion.

   See synonyms for ABANDON; CHASTEN.

   Synonyms:
   cheer, cling to, comfort, encourage, entertain, foster, harbor, hold dear, nourish, nurse, nurture, protect, shelter, treasure, value

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. cherish

   Synonyms:
   foster, nurse, promote, nourish, nurture, comfort, protect, entertain, value, encourage

   Antonyms:
   stifle, abandon, discard, discourage, check

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. cherish(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   nurture, foster, nourish, nurse, sustain, support, comfort, care for, treat tenderly

2. cherish(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   harbor, entertain, indulge, encourage, hold dear, embrace heartily

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1. List of paraphrases:

   treasure, treasured, cherished

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