Synonyms for cultivate
ˈkʌl təˌveɪtcul·ti·vate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 4 votes

1. cultivate

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

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

Matched Categories

1. • Adapt
   • Farming
   • Plant

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. cultivateverb

   Synonyms:
   till, raise crops from

2. cultivateverb

   Synonyms:
   study, investigate, search into

3. cultivateverb

   Synonyms:
   improve, refine, elevate, civilize, meliorate, make better

4. cultivateverb

   Synonyms:
   foster, cherish, promote

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cultivateverb

   Synonyms:
   till

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1. List of paraphrases for "cultivate":

   cultivar, cultivating, grow, nurture, nurturing, nurtured, cultivation, foster

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How to use cultivate in a sentence?

1. Government Justin Gest:

   So the message to universities seems to be: Cultivate and champion diversity without discriminating by race and ethnicity.

2. Bill Cosby:

   The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.

3. Purvi Raniga:

   What we cultivate internally everyday, we pass that on to the world. It’s simple. We have to learn to cultivate joy, love, happiness and abundance within and then we will pass all this to the world.

4. Confucius:

   To be fond of learning is to be near to knowledge. To practice with vigor is to be near to magnanimity. To possess the feeling of shame is to be near to energy. He who knows these three things, knows how to cultivate his own character.

5. Edward Bulwer-Lytton:

   Know thyself," said the old philosopher, "improve thyself," saith the new. Our great object in time is not to waste our passions and gifts on the things external that we must leave behind, but that we cultivate within us all that we can carry into the eternal progress beyond.