Synonyms for Foster:

adj.
• all
- foster
n.
- adoption agency
- au pair
- care order
• bring on
- bring
v.
• advance
- beat drum for
- gat ink for
- gets ink for
- getting ink for
- got ink for
- gotten ink for
- hyping
- intro duce
- intro duces
- intro-duce
- intro-duces
- laid forward
- laying forward
- lays forward
- made a pitch for
- made pitch for
- make pitch for
- makes a pitch for
- makes pitch for
- making a pitch for
- making pitch for
- pre sent
- pre sents
- pre-sent
- pre-sents
- put map
- put on map
- put the map
- puts map
- puts on map
- puts on the map
- puts the map
- putting forward
- putting map
- putting on map
- putting on the map
- putting the map
- sets forth
- threw spotlight on
- throwing spotlight on
- throws spotlight on
• aid
- endow
• aid and abet
• arouse
- firing up
- heating up
- in cite
- in cited
- in cites
- in citing
- in flame
- in flamed
- in flaming
- in-cite
- in-cited
- in-cites
- in-citing
- in-flame
- in-flamed
- in-flames
- in-flaming
- wakes up
• boost
- in spire
- in spired
- in spires
- in spiring
- in-spire
- in-spired
- in-spires
- in-spiring
• bring up
- provides for
- providing for
• care
- keep eye on
- keeping an eye on
- keeping eye on
- keeping tabs on
- keeps an eye on
- keeps eye on
- keeps tabs on
- kept eye on
- kept tabs on
- mind store
- minded store
- minded the store
- minding store
- minds store
- minds the store
- payed attention to
- takes pains
- taking pains
- took pains
- watches over
• cherish
- apprizes
- clave to
- cleaved to
- cleaves to
- cleaving to
- cleft to
- clinging to
- clove to
- clung to
- held high esteem
- hold high esteem
- holding dear
- holding high esteem
- holding in high esteem
- holds dear
- holds high esteem
- holds in high esteem
- pre serve
- pre served
- pre serves
- pre serving
- pre-serve
- pre-served
- pre-serves
- pre-serving
• civilize
- ethicized
- ethicizes
- ethicizing
- helped forward
- helping forward
- helps forward
- in form
- in forming
- in forms
- in-forming
- in-forms
- re claim
- re claimed
- re claiming
- re claims
- re fine
- re fined
- re fines
- re-claimed
- re-claiming
- re-claims
- re-fine
- re-fines
- re-fining
- spiritualizes
- up lift
- up lifted
- up lifting
- up lifts
- up-lift
- up-lifted
- up-lifting
- up-lifts
• cultivate
- devoted oneself to
- devotes oneself to
- devotes to
- devoting oneself to
- devoting to
- gat good side of
- gat in with
- gat next to
- gat on good side of
- gat with
- get good side of
- get with
- gets good side of
- gets in with
- gets next to
- gets on good side of
- gets with
- getting good side of
- getting in with
- getting next to
- getting on good side of
- getting with
- got good side of
- got in with
- got next to
- got on good side of
- got with
- gotten good side of
- gotten in with
- gotten next to
- gotten on good side of
- gotten with
- play to
- played to
- played up to
- playing to
- playing up to
- plays to
- plays up to
- ran after
- runs after
- seeking friendship
- seeks friendship
- shined to
- shined up to
- shines to
- shines up to
- shining to
- shining up to
- shone to
- shone up to
- sought friendship
- suck to
- sucked to
- sucked up to
- sucking to
- sucking up to
- sucks to
- sucks up to
- takes pains with
- taking pains with
- took pains with
• defend
- beating off
- beats off
- de fend
- de fended
- de fending
- de fends
- de-fend
- de-fended
- de-fending
- de-fends
- fended off
- fighting for
- fights for
- fought for
- guarded against
- guarding against
- guards against
- held at bay
- held bay
- hold bay
- holding at bay
- holding bay
- holds at bay
- holds bay
- in sure
- in-sure
- keeping safe
- keeps safe
- kept safe
- panoplying
- pre vent
- pre venting
- pre vents
- pre-vent
- pre-vented
- pre-venting
- pre-vents
- provided sanctuary
- provides sanctuary
- providing sanctuary
- re tain
- re tains
- re-tain
- re-tains
- repelled danger
- repelling danger
- repels danger
- up held
- up hold
- up holding
- up holds
- up-held
- up-hold
- up-holding
- up-holds
- with stand
- with standing
- with stands
- with stood
- with-stand
- with-standing
- with-stands
• develop
- enrooted
- enrooting
- enroots
- grows up
• educate
- co ached
- co aching
- co-ached
- co-aching
- drum in to
- ex plain
- ex plained
- ex plaining
- ex plains
- ex-plain
- ex-plained
- ex-plaining
- ex-plains
- lets in on
- letted in on
- letting in on
- puts hip
- puts through grind
- puts through the grind
- putting hip
- putting through grind
- putting through the grind
- show ropes
- showed ropes
- showed the ropes
- showing ropes
- showing the ropes
- shows ropes
- shows the ropes
• encourage
- be friend
- be friended
- be friending
- be-friend
- be-friended
- be-friending
- be-friends
- gat behind
- gave a leg up
- gave leg up
- getting behind
- give leg up
- gives a leg up
- gives leg up
- giving a leg up
- giving leg up
- got behind
- gotten behind
- in vite
- pat back
- pat the back
- pats back
- pats on back
- pats on the back
- pats the back
- patted back
- patted on back
- patted on the back
- patted the back
- patting back
- patting on back
- patting on the back
- patting the back
- pre vail
- pre vailed
- pre vailing
- pre vails
- pre-vail
- pre-vailed
- pre-vails
- pulled for
- pulling for
- pulls for
- re assure
- re assured
- re assures
- re-assure
- re-assured
- re-assures
- re-assuring
- rooted for
- roots for
- sided with
- sides with
- siding with
- smile up on
- smiled up on
- smiled upon
- smiles up on
- smiles upon
- smiling up on
- smiling upon
- subscribes to
- subscribing to
• entertain
- am host
- are host
- art host
- being host
- cogitated on
- cogitates on
- cogitating on
- de liberate
- de liberated
- de liberates
- de liberating
- de-liberate
- de-liberated
- de-liberates
- de-liberating
- did honors
- did the honors
- didst honors
- didst the honors
- do honors
- does honors
- does the honors
- doest honors
- doest the honors
- doeth honors
- doeth the honors
- doing honors
- doing the honors
- dost honors
- dost the honors
- doth honors
- doth the honors
- gave a party
- gave party
- give party
- gives a party
- gives party
- giving a party
- giving party
- had a do
- had a get together
- had a get-together
- had a gettogether
- had company
- had do
- had get together
- had get-together
- had gettogether
- had guests
- had visitors
- haddest a do
- haddest a get together
- haddest a get-together
- haddest a gettogether
- haddest company
- haddest do
- haddest get together
- haddest get-together
- haddest gettogether
- haddest guests
- haddest visitors
- hadst a do
- hadst a get together
- hadst a get-together
- hadst a gettogether
- hadst company
- hadst do
- hadst get together
- hadst get-together
- hadst gettogether
- hadst guests
- hadst visitors
- has a do
- has a get together
- has a get-together
- has a gettogether
- has company
- has do
- has get together
- has get-together
- has gettogether
- has guests
- has visitors
- hast a do
- hast a get together
- hast a get-together
- hast a gettogether
- hast company
- hast do
- hast get together
- hast get-together
- hast gettogether
- hast guests
- hast visitors
- hath a do
- hath a get together
- hath a get-together
- hath a gettogether
- hath company
- hath do
- hath get together
- hath get-together
- hath gettogether
- hath guests
- hath visitors
- have a get together
- have a gettogether
- have do
- have get together
- have get-together
- have gettogether
- having a do
- having a get together
- having a get-together
- having a gettogether
- having company
- having do
- having get together
- having get-together
- having gettogether
- having guests
- having visitors
- is host
- keep mind
- keeping in mind
- keeping mind
- keeps in mind
- keeps mind
- kept in mind
- kept mind
- mused over
- muses over
- musing over
- pick check
- pick the check
- pick up check
- picked check
- picked the check
- picked up check
- picked up the check
- picking check
- picking the check
- picking up check
- picking up the check
- picks check
- picks the check
- picks up check
- picks up the check
- popped for
- popping for
- pops for
- re cognize
- re cognized
- re cognizes
- re cognizing
- re create
- re gale
- re gales
- re-cognized
- re-cognizing
- re-gale
- re-gales
- showed hospitality
- showing hospitality
- shows hospitality
- sprang for
- springing for
- springs for
- sprung for
- thinks over
- threw a party
- threw party
- throw party
- throwing a party
- throwing party
- throws party
- was host
- wast host
- were host
- wert host
- wine dine
• exercise
- dried run
- dries run
- drying run
- lick in to shape
- licked in to shape
- licked into shape
- licking in to shape
- licking into shape
- licks in to shape
- licks into shape
- limbered up
- limbers up
- loosened up
- loosens up
- pre pare
- pre pared
- pre pares
- pre paring
- pre-pare
- pre-pared
- pre-paring
- pumped iron
- pumps iron
- puts through mill
- putting through mill
- re hearse
- re hearses
- re-hearse
- re-hearses
- runs through
- walked through
- walking through
- walks through
• feed
- Victualled
- de liver
- de livered
- de livering
- de livers
- de-liver
- de-livered
- de-livering
- de-livers
- pro vide
- pro vided
- pro vides
- pro viding
- pro vision
- pro visioned
- pro visioning
- pro visions
- pro-vide
- pro-vided
- pro-vides
- pro-viding
- pro-vision
- pro-visioned
- pro-visioning
- pro-visions
• foment
- ex cite
- ex cited
- ex cites
- ex citing
- ex-cite
- ex-cited
- ex-cites
- fan flames
- fanned flames
- fanned the flames
- fanning flames
- fanning the flames
- fans flames
- fans the flames
- sets on
- setting on
- sowed seeds
- sowed the seeds
- sowing seeds
- sowing the seeds
- sows seeds
- sows the seeds
• further
- gave a boost to
- gave boost to
- give boost to
- gives a boost to
- gives boost to
- giving a boost to
- giving boost to
- lend hand
- lending a hand
- lending hand
- lends a hand
- lends hand
- lent a hand
- lent hand
- opened doors
- opening doors
- opens doors
- taking care of
- worked for
- working for
- works for
- wrought for
• harbor
- be lieve
- be-lieve
- brooded over
- brooding over
- broods over
- re gards
- re-gard
• indulge
- all owed
- all owing
- all-owed
- all-owing
- de light
- de lighted
- de lighting
- de lights
- de-light
- de-lighted
- de-lighting
- de-lights
- gave rein to
- gives rein to
- giving rein to
- goes easy on
- spoiling rotten
- spoils rotten
- spoilt rotten
- went easy on
• keep
- ministered to
- ministering to
- ministers to
• minister
- am solicitous of
- are solicitous of
- art solicitous of
- being solicitous of
- is solicitous of
- pandered to
- pandering to
- panders to
- was solicitous of
- wast solicitous of
- were solicitous of
- wert solicitous of
• prepare
- arrange
- compose
- construct
- curry
- devise
- draft
- dress
- equip
- fabricate
- fashion
- formulate
- marshal
- mobilize
- outfit
- prime
Other synonyms:

•

grow

•

ease

Other relevant words:

• bring up

• care for

tend

• civilize

• defend

Bulwarked
Bulwarking
Garrisoned
Garrisoning
Housed
Warred
Wars
beat off
fending off
fight for
fortify
guard against
hold at bay
keep safe
panoplied
provide sanctuary
repel danger
retain
ward off

• feed

• harbor

brood over

• patronize

funded

• protect

• support

• tend

Shepherded
Shepherding

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• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

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Equivalence
- Adjective
  fostering.
- Proper noun, singular
  fostering.
Independent
- Adjective
  affirmative, contributing, encourage, facilitate, foment, promote, promotive, refugee-hosting.
- Proper noun, singular
  encourage, facilitate, promote, Houses, urges, fuels.
- Verb, past tense
  encourage, encouraging, endorsed, enhance, facilitate, favored, focused, lay, promote, Helped, Promoting, Spurred, advances, fuelled.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  accommodating, cheering, contributing, encourage, encouraging, favoring, inducing, instilling, motivating, nourishing, practicing, prompting, spurring, uplifting, Abetting, Aiding, Arousing, Eliciting, Engendering, Fomenting, Procuring, Promoting, Soliciting, promotes, triggering, catalyzing, Favouring, catalysing.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  encourage, promote, Drives, takes, promotes, urges, emphasizes, allows, aims, makes, demonstrates, advocates, contributes, offers, enables, ensures, stimulates, levers, favours.
- Verb, base form
  accelerate, arouse, encourage, energize, engender, fuel, galvanise, heighten, induce, inspire, instigate, instil, instill, invigorate, lay, motivate, nourish, promote, trigger, uphold, incentivise.
Other Related
- Adjective
  encouraging, enhance, further, strengthen, strengthening, supportive, surrogate, Nurtured, Promoting, promotes, homestay, foster-care.
- Proper noun, singular
  encouraging, enhance, strengthen, strengthening, Forster, Promoting, promotes, promotions.
- Verb, past tense
  Nurtured.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  bringing.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  benefits, provides.
- Verb, base form
  benefit, enhance, facilitate, feed, foment, further, incite, propel, strengthen, Catalyse.

What are the hypernyms for Foster?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
cultivate, encourage, maintain, nourish, nurture, raise, support.

What are the hyponyms for Foster?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for foster (as verbs)
- social
  parent, advance, raise, encourage, nurture, rear, further, boost, bring up, promote.

What are the opposite words for foster?

The word "foster" means to encourage, promote or support something. Its antonyms are words that express opposite meanings. Some of the most common antonyms for "foster" include hinder, discourage, impede, obstruct, thwart, harm, injure or damage. These antonyms indicate that something is being prevented or obstructed from fostering, growing, or developing positively. While fostering creates growth and progress, discouraging or obstructing can lead to stagnation and regression. It is important to consider the context in which these antonyms are used, as they can have both positive and negative connotations depending on the situation.

What are the antonyms for Foster?

adj.
• noun
- biological
v.
• curb
- Bitted
- Bitting
- Entrammel
- Manacled
- Manacling
- box in
- boxed in
- boxes in
- boxing in
- bring screeching halt
- bring to screeching halt
- bringing screeching halt
- bringing to screeching halt
- brings screeching halt
- brings to screeching halt
- brought screeching halt
- brought to screeching halt
- co oked
- co oking
- co-oked
- co-oking
- cool down
- cool off
- cooled down
- cooled off
- cooling down
- cooling off
- cools down
- cools off
- entrammeled
- entrammeling
- entrammels
- fettered
- held down
- held in
- hobble
- hog tie
- hogtie
- hold down
- hold in
- holding down
- holding in
- holds back
- holds down
- holds in
- iced
- inhibits
- keep lid on
- keep tight rein on
- keeping lid on
- keeping tight rein on
- keeps lid on
- keeps tight rein on
- kept lid on
- kept tight rein on
- re strain
- re strained
- re straining
- re strains
- re-strain
- re-strained
- re-straining
- re-strains
- rein in
- reined in
- reining in
- reins in
- send up
- sending up
- sends up
- sent up
- sub due
- sub dues
- sub-due
- sub-dues
- with held
- with hold
- with holding
- with holds
- with-held
- with-hold
- with-holds
- withholds
• give care or accommodation to
- abandon
- decrease
- destroy
- disregard
- drop
- hurt
- refuse
- thwart
- turn away
• noun
- abuse
- arrest
- ban
- bar
- battle
- check
- combat
- contend
- counter
- discourage
- encumber
- enjoin
- fetter
- fight
- forbid
- halt
- harm
- hinder
- ill-use
- impede
- inhibit
- injure
- interdict
- interfere
- manacle
- neglect
- obstruct
- outlaw
- prohibit
- proscribe
- shackle
- snuff
- stifle
• promote, support
- block
- cease
- condemn
- dampen
- depress
- dissuade
- ignore
- starve
- stop
• repress, restrict
- curb
v. t.
• noun
- uproot
Other relevant words:

forget
oppose
resist
restrain
withhold
withstand

Usage examples for Foster

Such a tie as often binds a foster-child to its nurse may have been permitted to associate him with his real parents.

"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"

G. A. Chadwick

Some estrangement arose between me and my foster-sister, partly through my fault, for science and study monopolized my attention more and more.

"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"

Paul Heyse

When I wrote home, it was always to my foster-mother, and she had to remind me sometimes, of what was due to my little sister.

"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"

Paul Heyse

Famous quotes with Foster

We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements.

George P. Baker
Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted.

Charles Foster Bass
Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent targets of crime.

Charles Foster Bass
State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21.

Charles Foster Bass
Our mission, as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability, to foster maximum sustainable growth in output and employment, and to promote a stable and efficient financial system that serves all Americans well and fairly.

Ben Bernanke

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adj.

n.

v.

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