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CULTIVATING Synonyms

There are 23 synonyms of the word cultivating. (exact relations)
There are 12 hypernyms of the word cultivating. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for CULTIVATING

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breeding
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression

• the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

• the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization

• the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

adjective satellite

• producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring

developing
verb, adverb, noun, adjectivev, adv, n, adj
noun

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

adjective satellite

• relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply

farming
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

• agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

adjective satellite

• relating to farming or agriculture

fostering
verb, nounv, n
noun

• encouragement; aiding the development of something

• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

growing
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• relating to or suitable for growth

noun

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state

planting
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of fixing firmly in place

• a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area

• putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow

raising
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the event of something being raised upward

• the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

adjective satellite

• increasing in quantity or value

rearing
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

adjective satellite

• rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile

tilling
verb, nounv, n
noun

• cultivation of the land in order to raise crops

nurturing
adjectiveadj
noun

• the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

verb

• help develop, help grow

• look after a child until it is an adult

• provide with nourishment

promoting
verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

• be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

• change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent

sowing
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an adult female hog

verb

• place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

• introduce into an environment

• place seeds in or on (the ground)

civilise
verbv
verb

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• raise from a barbaric to a civilized state

civilize
verbv
verb

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• raise from a barbaric to a civilized state

crop
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the yield from plants in a single growing season

• a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale

• a collection of people or things appearing together

• the output of something in a season

• the stock or handle of a whip

• a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

verb

• cut short

• prepare for crops

• yield crops

• let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

• feed as in a meadow or pasture

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

domesticate
verbv
verb

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

• overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

• make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

educate
verbv
verb

• give an education to

• create by training and teaching

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

naturalise
verbv
verb

• adopt to another place

• make more natural or lifelike

• make into a citizen

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

naturalize
verbv
verb

• make into a citizen

• explain with reference to nature

• adopt to another place

• make more natural or lifelike

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

school
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an educational institution

• a building where young people receive education

• the process of being formally educated at a school

• a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers

• the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session

• an educational institution's faculty and students

• a large group of fish

verb

• educate in or as if in a school

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• swim in or form a large group of fish

Best Hypernyms For CULTIVATING

Here is a list of related hypernyms for cultivating, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (10)
accommodate adapt down fine-tune fix polish prepare ready refine set
Phrases (2)
gear upset up

Alternatives for BREEDING

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