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Synonyms for cultivate
ˈkʌl təˌveɪtcul·ti·vate

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 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 WordNet3.0 / 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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 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 Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. cultivateverb

    Synonyms:
    till

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  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. Paulo Carreno:

    This isn't just about destroying (plantations), it's about finding solutions for people forced to cultivate poppies, and there will be an important announcement in this context at the summit on a new cooperation plan between the three countries to deal with problems that obviously concerns us all.

  2. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross:

    They will undeniably impact police community relations... there's no question that this puts us in the position to work even harder than we already do to cultivate relationships with neighborhoods and individual groups that we struggle to work with, even those that we have great relationships with, our officers are entitled to due process just like any other citizen.

  3. Yvonne Padmos:

    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was penned to encourage mankind to embrace a brotherly and sisterly bond. However, if our own flesh and blood fail to embody this ideal, how can we expect the world to do so? Perhaps, it is time to rewrite the scenes of the play of life, to redefine the roles of brothers and sisters, and cultivate a society abundant in empathy and compassion.

  4. 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.

  5. Selahattin Demirtas:

    No matter how much they attack, without fuelling hatred and anger against each other, we will cultivate brotherhood and live in peace in this country.


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