Definition for Nourish:

• To promote growth.

Synonyms for Nourish:

• n.

  •
  • back.
  •
  • bear.

• v.

  •feed (verb)
  • wine and dine,
  • cater to,
  • fatten.
  •feed, care for (verb)
  • encourage,
  • support,
  • tend,
  • attend,
  • maintain,
  • provide,
  • supply.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cater,
  • furnish,
  • accommodate,
  • sleep.
  •
  • defend,
  • spoon-feed.
  •bring up
  • provide for.
  •defend
  • fortify,
  • look after.
  •feed
  • victual.
  •improve
  • help.
  •Other relevant words:
  • coddle,
  • acquire,
  • uphold,
  • instruct,
  • incite,
  • stir up,
  • cheer,
  • nourishment,
  • force,
  • brute,
  • galvanize,
  • juvenile,
  • silly,
  • naive,
  • safeguard,
  • suffer,
  • feeding,
  • entity,
  • provoke,
  • wholesome,
  • exacerbate,
  • corroborate,
  • educate,
  • buoy up,
  • encouragement,
  • zealously,
  • admiral,
  • mother,
  • force-feed,
  • succour,
  • beneficially,
  • patronize,
  • healthily,
  • intoxicate,
  • simple,
  • fondle,
  • babyish,
  • fed,
  • wholesomely,
  • cosset,
  • compost,
  • animal,
  • fertilise,
  • quicken,
  • foment,
  • fire,
  • fosterage,
  • tool,
  • substantiate,
  • young,
  • infantile,
  • feel confident,
  • advance,
  • incubate,
  • naturally,
  • cheeks,
  • provision,
  • waken,
  • abet,
  • endure,
  • stiffen,
  • excite,
  • water,
  • energize,
  • blood,
  • treasure,
  • stuff,
  • healthy,
  • aliment,
  • general,
  • frivolous,
  • immature,
  • give rise to,
  • provender,
  • brace,
  • awaken,
  • inflame,
  • jolt,
  • keep in countenance,
  • admonish,
  • plentifully,
  • prop,
  • get,
  • whip up,
  • childlike,
  • nutrient,
  • bear up,
  • keep up,
  • activate,
  • countenance,
  • fatten up,
  • confirm,
  • invigorate,
  • substantially,
  • richly,
  • protect,
  • creature,
  • nutrition,
  • manure,
  • shelter,
  • forward,
  • aid and abet,
  • ask for,
  • element,
  • goad,
  • stimulate,
  • Nutritiously,
  • rejuvenate,
  • rear,
  • boyish,
  • nourishing,
  • oxygen,
  • nutritive,
  • bolster up,
  • extract,
  • purvey,
  • air,
  • toughen,
  • hearten,
  • beast,
  • healthful,
  • heartily,
  • have,
  • alimentary,
  • back up,
  • critter,
  • further,
  • vitalize,
  • oxygens,
  • assist,
  • steel,
  • live in hope,
  • wake up,
  • juice,
  • enrich,
  • about to,
  • childish,
  • going to,
  • spur,
  • innervate,
  • fan the flame,
  • fill,
  • prolong,
  • puerile,
  • inspirit,
  • food,
  • harbour,
  • give birth to,
  • gas,
  • fertilize,
  • dress,
  • inspire,
  • board,
  • Nourishingly,
  • rest assured,
  • grow,
  • abide,
  • preserve,
  • mind,
  • alimentation,
  • adhere to,
  • affirm,
  • carry on,
  • mulch,
  • hold up,
  • harbor,
  • nutritious,
  • rouse,
  • arouse,
  • take-in,
  • meal,
  • invite,
  • nutrify.

Paraphrases for Nourish:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    stimulate, cultivate, fuel, replenish, support, supporting, foster, cherish, underpin, nurse, inform, spur, populate, stoke.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    nurture, feed, sustain.

Antonyms for Nourish:

• v.

  • feed, care for
    deprive, condemn, neglect, abandon, starve, take, hurt, ignore, discourage.
  • Other antonyms:
    combat, abuse, fight, maltreat, impede, bar, stifle, contend, ban, shackle, counter, obstruct, mishandle, interfere, inhibit, harm, injure, encumber, interdict, ill-use, battle, ill-treat, snuff, hobble, check, mistreat, manacle, fetter, frustrate, hinder, arrest, prevent, halt.

Hypernym for Nourish:

• v.

  • consumption
    carry.

Hyponym for Nourish:

• v.

  • consumption
    ply, provide, cater, supply.