nurture

nurture is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training.
2. noun. That which nourishes; food; diet.
3. transitive verb. To feed; to nourish.
4. transitive verb. To educate; to bring or train up.
5. noun. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

   "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

   Synonyms: breeding, fosterage, fostering, raising, rearing, upbringing

6. noun. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

   Synonyms: raising, rearing

7. verb. help develop, help grow

   "nurture his talents"

   Synonyms: foster

8. verb. provide with nourishment

   "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"

   "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

   Synonyms: nourish, sustain

9. verb. bring up

   "raise a family"

   "bring up children"

   Synonyms: parent, raise, rear

Synonyms

breeding, fosterage, fostering, raising, rearing, upbringing, foster, nourish, sustain, parent, raise, rear

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in nurture:

untruer

Common word forms

nurtured, nurturer, nurtures, nurturing, nurtureless

Words from these letters

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