Definition for Upbringing:

• up'bring-ing, n. the process of nourishing and training.

Synonyms for Upbringing:

• n.

  •
  • babyish,
  • adolescence,
  • childlike,
  • girlhood,
  • boyhood,
  • development,
  • early,
  • childish,
  • developmental.
  •attribute (noun)
  • upbringing.
  •background (noun)
  • rearings,
  • up bringing,
  • up-bringing.
  •bringing up (noun)
  • bringing up.
  •childhood (noun)
  • training.
  •fosterage (noun)
  • fosterage.
  •fostering (noun)
  • fostering.
  •raising (noun)
  • raising.
  •rearing (noun)
  • instruction,
  • childhood.
  •training (noun)
  • tune ups,
  • warmup,
  • readyings,
  • tuneups,
  • domestications,
  • tune-ups,
  • warmups,
  • coachings,
  • co aching,
  • tuneup,
  • warm ups,
  • chalk talks,
  • co-aching.
  •upbringing (noun)
  • rearing.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • acculturation,
  • background,
  • breeding,
  • chalk talk,
  • domestication,
  • enculturation,
  • food,
  • heritage,
  • history,
  • inheritance,
  • manners,
  • nurture,
  • socialisation,
  • socialization,
  • warm up,
  • Foods,
  • raisings,
  • edibles,
  • groundings,
  • sharpenings,
  • tune-up,
  • warm-up,
  • warm-ups.
  •Other relevant words:
  • decency,
  • discipline,
  • overprotective,
  • lifestyle,
  • child-rearing,
  • non-custodial,
  • childminder,
  • attachment parenting,
  • nursery nurse,
  • one-parent family.

Paraphrases for Upbringing:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    child-rearing, education.
  • Proper noun, singular
    education, educations, raising.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    child-rearing, education, raising.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    parental.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    training, breeding, husbandry, farming, nursing, formation, caring.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    supporting, Generating, upgrading, increasing, Establishing, bearing, laying, forging, rising, Elevating, childrearing, breeding, caring.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    raising.

Upbringing Sentence Examples:

• But all the traditions of the mountain girl's life and upbringing were against such a course.

• In the severity of my upbringing I had been taught that it was nothing short of criminal to be lacking in respect for those who were older than myself; therefore I was not only strictly obedient to her expressed wishes, but I rose when she entered a room, opened and closed doors, placed chairs at table, gave her precedence on all occasions, and served her in such small ways as were possible; while Blanche ignored her to such a degree that one might have mistaken her for a stranger to our little party.

Hypernym for Upbringing:

• n.

  • attribute
    education, rearing, nurture, raising, breeding, training.

Hyponym for Upbringing:

• n.

  • attribute
    inheritance, heritage.