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What is another word for
foster
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Verb
To foster the growth or development of
To nurture and care for (someone or something) as they grow
To bring about or cause to happen
To come into being or have its starting point at a certain time or place
To strengthen or reaffirm in rank or position
To gratify the wishes of (someone) to an excessive extent
(
of a state or process
)
To encourage the development of, or increased activity in, something
To sow or place in one's consciousness
To teach, train or educate in a given field
To come to have gradually, or to gain knowledge in
To keep from harm, or to ensure the safety of
Assist in breaking law
To replace or substitute something with something else
Adjective
Providing or receiving parental care to/for children not related to oneself
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Verb
▲
To foster the growth or development of
encourage
further
promote
advance
cultivate
nurture
stimulate
support
forward
uphold
abet
aid
champion
develop
facilitate
help
strengthen
assist
back
boost
enrich
espouse
foment
endorse
feed
favor
US
favour
UK
incubate
nourish
proselytise
UK
proselytize
US
serve
sponsor
nurse
contribute to
give backing to
speak for
sustain
improve
enhance
push
reinforce
augment
increase
advocate
succour
UK
give a boost
succor
US
step up
bolster
fortify
intensify
back up
motivate
progress
heighten
expedite
accelerate
extend
expand
give a lift
work for
upgrade
urge
build
fuel
elevate
grow
raise
magnify
invigorate
US
amplify
better
uplift
pave the way for
envigorate
UK
give a leg up
speed up
ameliorate
beef up
lend a hand
give a boost to
inspire
hasten
spread
propagandize
US
speed
maintain
propagandise
UK
escalate
patronize
US
patronise
UK
spur
fast-track
advantage
lift
perfect
broaden
supplement
plug
aggrandize
deepen
second
spur on
help along
refine
improve on
drive
compound
mount
egg on
be conducive to
backstop
work with
polish
relieve
defend
lend a hand to
build up
add to
cooperate with
collaborate with
make stronger
benefit
update
give a push to
go with
bail out
oil the wheels of
take care of
prop up
be of use to
be of service to
stand up for
go to bat for
pursue
court
establish
produce
teach
present
instruct
preach
suggest
proclaim
recommend
hurry
propound
peddle
tend
enlarge
hurry along
keep
arouse
multiply
swell
push for
help in
get behind
campaign for
aid in
conduce to
make for
fund
wax
perk up
sanction
minister to
add fuel to
indorse
finance
give a shot in the arm to
befriend
protect
approve
endow
incite
condone
prompt
instigate
plump for
plunk for
collude with
connive with
side with
mushroom
snowball
aggravate
drum up
countenance
connive
goad
prod
go along with
emphasize
US
subscribe to
profit
propel
make better
move up
boost up
exacerbate
accentuate
consolidate
inflame
redouble
set on
be in collusion with
participate in
put up to
connive at
be hand in glove with
underline
cement
galvanize
US
stress
be a patron of
worsen
embolden
be of assistance to
please
be advantageous to
pay off for
be useful to
do good to
suit
be beneficial to
be good for
power
be helpful to
gratify
bless
be of help to
befit
be of advantage to
be to the advantage of
satisfy
rouse
rise
accumulate
amp up
intensate
incentivize
US
empower
corroborate
underpin
steel
buoy
reward
buttress
incentify
ballyhoo
generate
engender
propagate
contribute
hot up
make worse
become worse
galvanise
UK
energize
US
incentivise
UK
energise
UK
substantiate
highlight
emphasise
UK
lend support to
open doors
bolster up
ease
touch up
prosper
build on
fine-tune
smarten
reenforce
work up
shape up
straighten out
brush up
smarten up
scale up
buoy up
shore up
cooperate
oblige
make headway
make strides
move forward
make progress
argue
plead
accommodate
precipitate
guarantee
represent
thrive
flourish
nutrify
work out
forge ahead
stand for
speak up for
come to defense of
plead for
take up cudgels for
come to the defence of
stand by
be on the side of
speak in support of
argue for
thump for
stick up for
give assistance to
attend
wait on
attend to
stump
hype
make easy
thump
puff
prepare
make strong
flower
tone
bloom
jack up
hike up
do someone a favour
do someone a service
pitch in with
bail someone out
run interference for
smooth the path of
get stuck in with
assist the progress of
lend a helping hand to
get someone out of a tight spot
muck in with
make a pitch for
go down the line for
open the door for
ride shotgun
grease the wheels
help out
give a leg up to
clear a path for
put on the map
do for
be a tower of strength to
give a hand
open doors for
root for
be a factor in
smooth the way for
poise
nerve
ready
provide for
make healthy
give strength to
tone up
more ❯
“The conference was seen as an opportunity to
foster
understanding and dialogue.”
Verb
▲
To nurture and care for (someone or something) as they grow
raise
rear
nurse
nurture
bring up
nourish
parent
cherish
sustain
breed
mother
adopt
care for
look after
provide for
minister to
take care of
take in
support
maintain
cultivate
attend to
harbor
US
harbour
UK
have
hold
retain
protect
bear
develop
tend
encourage
entertain
cling to
help
assist
succour
UK
succor
US
mind
hold on to
aid
brood over
possess
advance
further
promote
wait on
forward
feed
tend to
imagine
watch over
keep an eye on
incubate
oversee
watch
train
safeguard
comfort
see to
consider
embrace
serve
keep
keep alive
baby-sit
boost
sit
stimulate
guard
supervise
accommodate
minister
attend
educate
father
nursemaid
contribute to
care
school
fend for
look out for
believe
regard
feel
discipline
instruct
administer to
take charge of
preserve
watch out for
provide sustenance for
feel secretly
keep in mind
cater to
gestate
strengthen
treasure
enrich
teach
be conducive to
treat
superintend
guide
mentor
doctor
babysit
hug
childmind
shepherd
facilitate
make a living for
remedy
baby sit
nanny
provender
farm
support mentally
provide
nursle
bolster
back
bring on
ride shotgun
preside over
keep watch over
show
manifest
finance
be responsible for
board
fund
subsidize
US
pay attention to
shelter
display
evince
express
demonstrate
subsidise
UK
relieve
provide board for
provide food for
devise
think of
digest
assimilate
think about
know
befriend
bring aid to
give assistance to
give help to
bring relief to
lend a hand to
bring comfort to
be supportive of
hearten
carry
be of service to
lend a helping hand to
give aid and encouragement to
render assistance to
buoy up
give strength to
be a tower of strength to
buck up
keep one going
keep you going
be a source of strength to
see someone through
cheer up
cradle
cleave to
keep tabs on
more ❯
“Prospective parents will need to
foster
the child for a minimum of six months with a minimum of three visits.”
Verb
▲
To bring about or cause to happen
engender
produce
cause
generate
create
induce
effect
occasion
prompt
provoke
trigger
effectuate
precipitate
make
yield
catalyse
UK
catalyze
US
incite
bring
instigate
invoke
promote
inspire
arouse
do
stimulate
work
kindle
enkindle
excite
rouse
conceive
foment
hatch
develop
stir
quicken
propagate
muster
bring about
result in
lead to
give rise to
bring on
stir up
spark off
translate into
draw on
bring forth
touch off
whip up
work up
be the cause of
give birth to
beget
breed
elicit
initiate
spawn
set off
evoke
contribute to
bring to pass
set in motion
affect
put in motion
originate
start
introduce
bear
make for
trigger off
activate
advance
call forth
spur
be at the bottom of
drive
motivate
encourage
establish
kickoff
make happen
be conducive to
spark
begin
institute
make possible
end in
render
enact
cultivate
involve
invite
compel
awaken
culminate in
entail
launch
rally
achieve
accomplish
whet
finish in
sow the seeds of
deliver
further
necessitate
push forward
animate
add to
fire
be instrumental in
help
progenerate
multiply
waken
have a hand in
draw
mean
inaugurate
contribute
have a part in
expedite
conduce to
conduce
issue
perform
terminate in
amount to
abet
brew
ferment
found
redound to
inflame
raise
bring into being
attain
spell
set up
summon up
draw out
add up to
bring out
draw forth
influence
pull off
fire up
risk
lead
cost
procreate
reproduce
plant
implant
lodge
have
secure
form
birth
give
carry out
wake
conjure
actuate
result
fan
sow
enliven
parent
mother
give incentive
incline
open
vivify
give birth
give life to
awake
set in
constitute
present
have as a result
have as a consequence
accelerate
be the origin of
fulfil
UK
bring into the world
get up
pose
summon
pick
educe
fulfill
US
force
resurrect
start off
bring up
cook up
start the ball rolling
get things rolling
move
break the ice
break in
make up
pique
play a part in
set on foot
set afoot
set on
cause to appear
call up
conjure up
start up
set going
mobilize
US
bestir
impassion
galvanize
US
exercise
prime
galvanise
UK
suscitate
play a role in
drum up
mobilise
UK
impel
be a factor in
realise
UK
instil
UK
realize
US
organise
UK
engineer
instill
US
open the door for
organize
US
build up
rev up
be responsible for
carry off
cause to occur
actualize
carry through
have the effect of
cause to happen
forward
contrive
put in place
be partly responsible for
oil the wheels of
bring off
procure
attract
court
solicit
tempt
entice
woo
allure
urge
entreat
countenance
lure
command
ask for
leave the door open to
beg for
bring on oneself
call for
flirt with
goad
inspirit
spur on
prod
push
agitate
egg on
persuade
energize
US
electrify
sway
energise
UK
invigorate
US
press
envigorate
UK
prick
exhilarate
incentivize
US
fuel
enthuse
revive
propel
incentivise
UK
thrill
ignite
vitalize
light a fire under
pump up
get going
nudge
fire the imagination of
intensify
pep up
call into being
sting
kick-start
embolden
turn on
steel
convince
get
fire the enthusiasm of
fan the flames of
key up
buoy
increase
pressure
exhort
hearten
needle
buoy up
coerce
coax
uplift
impress
touch
inveigle
intoxicate
titillate
commove
prevail upon
rile
talk into
stoke up
get someone going
gee up
prevail on
boost
fire with enthusiasm
set
strengthen
wind up
cajole
evince
extract
jolt
charge
dispose
fillip
cheer on
put up to
convert
oblige
psych
exalt
run
goose
predispose
bring around
buck up
enforce
win over
liven up
empower
incentify
startle
egg
manage
jumpstart
drive on
manifest
sic
reassure
agitate for
commence
fortify
irritate
constrain
exacerbate
root on
recall
refresh
hound
heighten
dragoon
innervate
nurture
remind
taunt
psych up
inform
boost up
bear up
chirk up
charge up
get to
challenge
wake up
strike
spirit up
feed the fire
wheedle
condition
elate
spook
cheer up
put a bomb under
dynamize
steamroll
astonish
breathe life into
bulldoze
juice up
jazz up
determine
call to mind
give someone a kick
crank up
sweet-talk
amp up
intrigue
fester
agitate against
roil
reignite
rekindle
enhance
hook
call down
shock
ask
whip
grab
sharpen
call
irk
incense
equal
imply
craze
juice
gain
satisfy
motive
grill
vex
augment
incarnate
chivvy
extort
add fuel
make wild
predetermine
act as an incentive to
work into lather
imbue
infuse
add fuel to the flames
heat up
build a fire under
cheer
fluster
upset
activize
ruffle
fan the fire
exact
put one in mind of
remind one of
brace
feed
conduct
expose
make sensitive
compass
applaud
derive
obtain
stun
zap
frighten
get smoking
burn up
implement
execute
act as a stimulus to
shake
shake up
madden
smooth-talk
endue
infect
beghast
fetch
spike
succeed
impose on
direct
orient
give incentive to
set astir
disturb
disinhibit
seek
support
sustain
impact
advise
carry
bring back
jump-start
comfort
brighten
enhearten
build
nourish
power
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
give impetus
give one an idea
switch on
stir embers
make waves
administer
bias
perpetrate
put life into
zip up
bring to mind
ginger up
give a boost to
reenforce
assure
revitalize
US
revivify
restore
complete
add fuel to fire
fix
bring round
make willing
impress on
give a shot in the arm
consummate
innerve
perk up
prevail
gladden
astound
amaze
captivate
administrate
finalize
US
suggest to
frenzy
praise
console
discharge
succeed in
whomp up
arrange for
give someone a charge
take your breath away
fire someone's imagination
jar
magnetize
US
give a buzz
magnetise
UK
hint to
finish
stimulate spiritually
raise your spirits
raise the morale of
give shot in arm
give hope to
boost morale
prop up
lift the spirits of
give confidence to
give a shot in the arm to
bield
stiffen the resolve of
plead
demand
sue
request
harass
obligate
whet one's appetite
be likely to cause
be likely to lead to
conclude
revitalise
UK
squeeze
wreak
muscle
sandbag
worry
railroad
exert influence on
prod into
coax into
put someone up to something
suck in
wheedle into
sell one on
twist one's arm
soft-soap
draw in
cajole into
argue into
finalise
UK
turn the trick
turn out
put across
sensitize
US
sensitise
UK
kick off
nag
kick
blackjack
petition for
get under way
devise
dog
work on
get off the ground
design
invent
plan
lay the foundations of
get in operation
lay the first stone of
set the ball rolling
get something functioning
get the ball rolling
get something working
formulate
concoct
scheme
plot
project
manufacture
prepare
brainstorm
think up
emerge
trump up
give forth
throw together
spitball
break open
sire
put together
dream up
come up with
come out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To come into being or have its starting point at a certain time or place
begin
start
transpire
appear
arise
commence
emerge
develop
eventuate
occur
originate
actualize
dawn
emanate
form
happen
materialise
UK
materialize
US
result
surface
erupt
set
unfold
catalyse
UK
catalyze
US
crystallise
UK
crystallize
US
manifest
precipitate
incite
initiate
spark
spawn
enkindle
invoke
kickoff
actuate
engender
establish
institute
activate
occasion
rise
trigger
arrive
sprout
be born
become apparent
become established
be created
come out
come to pass
kick in
kick-start
set in
set off
start up
trigger off
come into being
come into existence
spring up
spring
break
issue
stem
come
derive
burst out
proceed
flow
loom
evolve
birth
crop up
come forth
take shape
turn up
pop up
take effect
grow
come from
befall
show up
take place
come into force
first see the light of day
come into operation
break out
burst into
hatch
make an appearance
come up
start off
come about
take form
follow
have its origin
extend
ensue
succeed
hail from
betide
descend
stem from
take root
chance
be set in motion
flare up
embark on
break into
show itself
head
become visible
bob up
begin suddenly
come into view
come into effect
exist
become manifest
hail
spread
incubate
begin life
conceive
flow from
continue
pass
issue from
spring from
emanate from
germinate
open
become entrenched
settle in
upspring
spurt
gush
be descended
be derived
launch
forthcome
come forth suddenly
come off
have one's origin
start on
launch into
get under way
come to stay
have one's foundations
fall out
go
be established
have its origins
accrue
occur suddenly
boil over
kick off
apply
become operative
be realized
be here to stay
acquire
solidify
cultivate
settle
crystalize
jell
be caused by
be forged
accumulate
arise from
be produced by
result from
be brought to pass
be brought about
be brought into existence
be brought into being
come to light
be brought about by
arise out of
shape up
mature
condense
harden
be the result of
enter into the picture
present itself
reveal itself
explode
be applied
become valid
become law
fall into place
take on character
become a reality
manifest itself
flame
come on-stream
get going
get underway
burst forth
show
realize
US
incarnate
blaze up
reify
enter
effect
blow up
represent
start suddenly
symbolize
US
accomplish
come on
objectify
produce
portray
effectuate
come into
engineer
symbolise
UK
realise
UK
bring about
punch in
blow in
turn out
put in an appearance
roll up
walk on
pass in
set foot
roll in
go on
present oneself
make real
make concrete
make happen
put into effect
bring into being
bring to life
give life
hap
go down
be
fall
come down
supervene
pan out
eventualize
flourish
progress
originate in
come into sight
be revealed
uprise
pour
do
accompany
culminate
be consequent on
end up
be seen
come on the scene
attend
bechance
have roots in
cook
foment
advance
come after
supervene on
be rooted in
be a consequence of
expose itself
become evident
derive from
make the scene
arrive on the scene
well up
roll out
shoot up
come along
reappear
intervene
action
recur
spread out
be transmitted
be emitted
play out
well
appear suddenly
appear unexpectedly
become
mushroom
swell
be bred
be caused
be generated
propagate
surge
present
be a result of
chance to happen
rise up
have its origin in
blossom
step out
overflow
manifest oneself
reveal oneself
gush forth
metamorphose
pop in
leak out
become known
hove into view
be present
wind up at
heave into view
show oneself
see the light of day
become a fact
float up
stand up
come to the fore
enter the picture
spill over
be taken
be got
prove
shake out
come out of
work out
finish up
soar
getup
overtake
live in
originate from
be from
happen suddenly
occur abruptly
appear abruptly
befit
presage
hit
grew up in
pass off
be uttered
shake
gel
sprout up
burgeon
enlarge
expand
broaden
deepen
be developed
pick up
unravel
ejaculate
pop
stop
end
terminate
chance upon
be traceable to
have effect
see daylight
pop out
be a direct result
fare
bear fruit
slip out
be the consequence
be the result
naturalise
UK
increase
be brought on by
be had
be due to
perform
be a consequence
naturalize
US
change
be consequent
be unearthed
be discovered
become public
have as an ancestor
be uncovered
be a descendant of
vent
ooze
exude
merge
come together
turn out from
commence suddenly
pace
get along
go off
draw on
have as a source
have its origins in
arise in
age
follow from
develop out of
be an effect of
come next
season
seep out
seep forth
flow out
pour forth
seep
pour out
ooze out
gush out
flow forth
ooze forth
be attended by
follow on
ripen
be subsequent to
maturate
embody
instantiate
epitomize
US
personify
body
personalize
US
express
incorporate
externalize
US
substantiate
bloom
rematerialize
be evident
resurface
expose
be within view
stand out
stick out
be apparent
flash
be visible
be in view
feature
reveal
catch the eye
debut
be obvious
flower
broach
coalesce
typify
pragmatize
personalise
UK
entify
epitomise
UK
visualize
US
exteriorize
hypostatize
visualise
UK
personize
externalise
UK
corporealize
substantialize
trickle
prime
ascend
make appearance
show your face
heave in sight
grow up
spill
reach adulthood
come of age
come true
be incarnate
become real
become concrete
become visual
reveal yourself
burst
stream
come to the surface
go up
come to the top
break the surface
discharge
spout
jet
seethe
spew
sluice
deluge
spill out
well forth
brim over
more ❯
Verb
▲
To strengthen or reaffirm in rank or position
confirm
reaffirm
strengthen
assure
enhance
establish
secure
fortify
reassert
reinforce
reiterate
bolster
boost
intensify
restate
consolidate
fuel
heighten
magnify
increase
renew
restore
support
accentuate
amplify
cement
substantiate
buttress
corroborate
justify
sustain
empower
enlarge
fix
uphold
augment
authenticate
burgeon
embolden
cultivate
inspirit
nurture
advance
develop
flourish
promote
endorse
raise
settle
underpin
back up
firm up
make firm
amp up
beef up
give weight to
lend more weight to
scale up
repeat
back
bear out
make more forceful
insist
brace
prop
carry
bear
stay
undergird
shore
maintain
bulwark
defend
jack up
buoy up
hold up
shore up
bolster up
prop up
build up
validate
reenforce
attest to
vouch for
steel
harden
toughen
inure
stiffen
indurate
stabilize
US
gird
encourage
toughen up
stabilise
UK
make stable
make stronger
push
emphasize
US
underline
galvanize
US
stress
inspire
spur
invigorate
US
drive
champion
motivate
deepen
aid
incentivize
US
buoy
reward
help
assist
stimulate
improve
incentify
galvanise
UK
spur on
energize
US
envigorate
UK
energise
UK
broaden
incentivise
UK
enrich
give a boost to
highlight
emphasise
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
To gratify the wishes of (someone) to an excessive extent
overindulge
pamper
spoil
indulge
cosset
mollycoddle
baby
coddle
pet
dandle
nurse
humour
UK
satisfy
humor
US
cuddle
please
cherish
serve
cater
feather-bed
spoon-feed
pander to
cater to
dote on
spoil rotten
give in to
cocker
overparent
nanny
wet-nurse
wrap in cotton wool
wait on hand and foot
overprotect
fuss over
make much of
wrap up in cotton wool
nursemaid
mother
favour
UK
favor
US
pander
kill with kindness
make a fuss of
fawn on
cater to your every whim
take care of
gratify
caress
accommodate
oblige
fondle
regale
treat
love
cocoon
sympathize
US
protect
ruin
sympathise
UK
treat gently
adapt to
go along with
go easy on
pat
tickle
yield
shelter
cosher
lamb
entertain
kill by kindness
fuss
cotton
posset
feast
wait on
spare the rod
make over
play up to
be overprotective towards
appease
outfit
help
featherbed
provide for
be soft on
run around after
give in
do everything for
make a fuss over
minister to
tailer oneself to
dance
rock
bounce
toss
cradle
amuse
jiggle
ride
play
nuzzle
toy
rub
shake
jog
stroke
hug
sport
toy with
give a knee ride
ride on knee
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of a state or process
)
To encourage the development of, or increased activity in, something
stimulate
envigorate
UK
invigorate
US
spur
encourage
energise
UK
energize
US
spark
vitalize
enliven
revitalise
UK
revitalize
US
rouse
accelerate
animate
promote
fillip
fire
fuel
galvanise
UK
galvanize
US
rejuvenate
strengthen
trigger
vivify
fan
impel
inspire
kindle
rally
speed
uplift
activate
brace
fortify
intensify
quicken
refresh
revive
spike
stir
support
dynamize
electrify
increase
commove
exhilarate
sting
amp up
ginger up
jump-start
spur on
stir up
fire up
jazz up
juice up
liven up
pep up
perk up
set up
buck up
gee up
key up
rev up
whip up
speed up
turn on
wake up
work up
zip up
light a fire under
steam up
get going
get one started
put new life in
act as a fillip to
act as a impetus to
act as a incentive to
act as a spur to
act as a stimulus to
build a fire under
give a new lease of life to
excite
arouse
provoke
incite
inspirit
move
instigate
prompt
motivate
awaken
enkindle
drive
inflame
goad
foment
induce
cause
restore
generate
prod
urge
boost
spark off
engender
waken
renew
evoke
revivify
impassion
actuate
set off
hearten
pique
thrill
agitate
reanimate
enthuse
produce
raise
kick-start
initiate
cheer up
touch off
bring about
reinvigorate
call forth
resuscitate
give rise to
cheer
influence
push
elicit
regenerate
buoy up
embolden
occasion
wake
whet
brighten
recharge
precipitate
start
resurrect
buoy
freshen
pump up
build up
rekindle
egg on
repair
gladden
titillate
recreate
elate
trigger off
lift
set in motion
create
bring out
breathe new life into
put in motion
sway
affect
intoxicate
improve
draw forth
lead to
renovate
refreshen
steel
reinforce
touch
prick
fire the imagination of
brighten up
enhance
result in
propel
invoke
catalyze
US
delight
beget
bestir
cultivate
bring
bring on
reawaken
ignite
charge
effect
rewaken
rewake
catalyse
UK
give a boost to
impress
bolster
effectuate
awake
be the cause of
give a shot in the arm to
pick up
bring into being
ferment
elevate
exalt
help
abet
incentivize
US
sustain
give a buzz
give someone a kick
breed
reassure
fire the enthusiasm of
set going
incentivise
UK
touch up
call into being
contribute to
heighten
empower
bring to pass
innervate
bring forth
zap
enrich
advance
mobilize
US
prime
bear up
lighten
chirk up
mobilise
UK
begin
reactivate
get someone going
work
grab
kickoff
fire with enthusiasm
innerve
give someone a charge
enrapture
brush up
switch on
persuade
educe
bring around
summon
be at the bottom of
start up
liven
refine
further
exhort
draw out
captivate
bounce back
make
brew
give a lift to
yield
run
strike
update
augment
replenish
summon up
modernize
US
fan the flames of
regain
drum up
sharpen
add to
modernise
UK
put zip into
develop
set on
better
ameliorate
press
stoke up
nudge
comfort
rile
jog
make happen
translate into
start off
incline
re-establish
give new strength to
call up
bring back
inform
transport
crank up
operate
goose
vivificate
have an impact on
beef up
needle
exacerbate
shake
disturb
blow away
get
jolt
grow
hatch
pick
trip
evince
instil
UK
end in
extract
actify
enable
instill
US
juice
tickle
astonish
nurture
involve
launch
establish
draw
compel
astound
boost up
grip
introduce
actualize
amaze
wind up
make for
activize
psych
raise your spirits
reproduce
spawn
prop up
amplify
reach
upset
save
put up to
conjure up
make possible
restart
carry
expand
recondition
meliorate
cheer on
tempt
get to
recover
upgrade
irritate
relieve
incentify
jumpstart
raise spirits
fine-tune
make whole
have an effect on
knock your socks off
startle
assure
enhearten
psych up
egg
console
manifest
build
cool
challenge
nerve
spice
enthral
UK
whip
interest
be conducive to
culminate in
arm
set
push forward
stiffen the resolve of
agitate for
recall
reignite
lead
be instrumental in
send
breathe life into
smarten up
sic
power
impact
favour
UK
favor
US
enthrall
US
give life to
benefit
shake up
do
initialize
US
have a hand in
root on
procure
overcome
awe
infect
spur to action
contribute
maintain
spook
forward
entail
snap up
tickle pink
dazzle
sow the seeds of
muster
have a part in
amount to
amend
conduce to
give new life to
conduce
taunt
reestablish
aid
enchant
initialise
UK
deepen
originate
redevelop
feed the fire
bear
be responsible for
change
wow
top up
relaunch
reinstitute
look up
consolidate
finish in
hot up
charge up
rescue
optimize
US
endow
work into lather
bowl over
polish
hone
spell
re-energize
please
appreciate
step up
blow away the cobwebs
fire someone's imagination
make active
add up to
impact on
give a lift
optimise
UK
slay
put some spark into
draw on
get your act together
give pleasure to
get going again
knock out
temper
give a shot in the arm
polish up
give the kiss of life to
tell on
build on
make an impression on
perfect
trouble
remind
have
give incentive
exert
applaud
agitate against
shock
spring
dispatch
inject
disinhibit
enforce
roil
put life into
light up
edify
give courage
move to action
add zest
spice up
feed
pressure
reenforce
hound
exercise
make brave
irk
incense
make alive
suscitate
make enthusiastic
add fuel
nourish
add fuel to the flames
make confident
give courage to
make swing
institute
render
make wild
grill
vex
cool down
praise
imbue
infuse
leaven
fill with joy
heat up
boost moral
make braver
drive on
enact
open
inaugurate
charm
ravish
stun
frighten
frenzy
civilize
US
stimulate spiritually
raise the morale of
spirit up
boost morale
lift the spirits of
give confidence to
give shot in arm
give hope to
bield
cue
call
dig
relax
craze
coax
force
solicit
give confidence
entrance
jar
magnetize
US
magnetise
UK
harden
endue
beghast
become lively
reintroduce
give
reconstruct
relight
make waves
stir embers
call to mind
overjoy
conjure
muster up
get up
clean
whomp up
countenance
set in
redound to
terminate in
play a part in
stoke
civilise
UK
lift the morale of
put into action
madden
make something go with a bang
give a bit of zing
result
mean
expedite
add fuel to fire
fluster
ruffle
re-activate
set afoot
cause to appear
set on foot
heal
cure
incarnate
talk into
put a bomb under
give impetus
take hold of
act as an incentive to
psyche up
bring to
take your breath away
make a splash
knock dead
make healthy
fan the fire
flush
reorganize
US
overhaul
play a role in
help out
supply energy to
give a new lease on life
bring back to life
supply power to
put new life into
extort
add zest to
add zing to
freshen up
attract
give the incentive to
give pep talk
change radically
raise from the dead
reorganise
UK
achieve
accomplish
be a factor in
get things rolling
cook up
start the ball rolling
bring up
give one an idea
put new heart into
reflate
get started
exact
give strength to
keep someone going
see someone through
convince
capture
lighten up
loosen up
magnify
crank
tighten up
illume
inflate
work on
elaborate on
make perfect
burnish
progress
smooth
necessitate
realise
UK
realize
US
engineer
open the door for
attain
organise
UK
organize
US
put new heart in
take a load off
invite
emphasize
US
make your head spin
go to your head
mark
soften
melt
obtain
derive
put new strength in
risk
take heart
cause to occur
oil the wheels of
bring off
carry through
pull off
be partly responsible for
cause to happen
carry off
have the effect of
contrive
put in place
give joy to
fetch
whet one's appetite
be a tower of strength to
be a source of strength to
become cheerful
snap out of it
make happy
take a turn for the better
clear up
touch a chord
make an impression
strike a chord
leave an impression on
get through to
disquiet
stress
underline
cement
rejoice
escalate
go over big
race one's motor
hit
cost
give someone a cue
champion
pep
sensitize
US
sensitise
UK
aggravate
mushroom
snowball
appeal to
make more exciting
take out of mothballs
brace up
buttress
underpin
uphold
corroborate
assist
reward
make lively
waken up
accentuate
extend
redouble
make more lively
put pep into
let sunshine in
win over
prevail on
bring in
facilitate
conceive
broaden
defend
highlight
back
substantiate
emphasise
UK
worsen
turn someone on
ease
propagate
make very happy
give someone great pleasure
shore up
bolster up
back up
give someone a thrill
mount
rise
accumulate
intensate
make someone's spirits soar
tug at your heartstrings
become worse
make worse
mitigate
overwhelm
overawe
give birth to
correct
revise
reform
retouch
revamp
rectify
rework
redraft
fix
rehab
mend
fine
remediate
moderate
edit
emend
refurbish
buffalo
overpower
embellish
aggrandize
register with
be conspicuous
make splash
be a hit
cut a figure
take aback
score with
titivate
advantage
up
burn up
get smoking
drive forward
spruce up
encourage the growth of
make better
bump up
give a facelift to
add value to
do up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To sow or place in one's consciousness
inculcate
imbue
infuse
implant
steep
suffuse
ingrain
instill
US
instil
UK
plant
introduce
brainwash
endue
invest
indoctrinate
inoculate
engrain
sow
drill
inspire
fix
impress
indue
infix
enroot
imprint
program
US
programme
UK
breed
inseminate
engender
induce
produce
promote
impart
din
drum into
drive into
din something into
drill into
hammer into
hammer in
drum in
impress upon
break down
shape up
work over
generate
insinuate
engraft
establish
sow the seeds
impress on
instil in
inculcate in
ingrain in
knock into
din in
get into head
establish in someone's mind
fix deeply in someone's mind
hammer
repeat
impregnate
drive home
inject
reiterate
saturate
pervade
hammer home
teach
permeate
fill
charge
insert
drive
bathe
drum
interject
pound
ram down one's throat
breathe
seed
endow
root
diffuse
hammer away
lodge
transfuse
sow the seeds of
teach over and over again
harp on
say over and over
incorporate
graft
reseed
entrench
add
drub
force-feed
put
inundate
pollinate
fertilize
US
promulgate
fertilise
UK
disseminate
infiltrate
intermix
institute
place
bring in
animate
intersperse
leaven
fortify
instruct
coach
train
embed
imbed
install
US
found
force in
perfuse
knock
instal
UK
breathe into
cover
flood
mantle
wash
load
teach repeatedly to
inform
overspread
spread over
colour
UK
grind into
drub into
spread throughout
tinge
color
US
spread
spread through
fill with
permeate with
steep in
pervade with
imbue with
suffuse with
spread out
perfuse with
soak in
stew in
impregnate with
infuse with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To teach, train or educate in a given field
educate
teach
train
instruct
school
tutor
coach
develop
inform
guide
inculcate
indoctrinate
cultivate
drill
edify
enlighten
improve
upskill
discipline
lesson
prepare
prime
better
civilise
UK
civilize
US
elevate
exercise
mature
nurture
rear
uplift
brainwash
brief
explain
homeschool
illume
illuminate
illumine
inspire
show the ropes
put through the grind
drum into
teach information
promote
hone
equip
shape
mold
US
support
mould
UK
refine
humanize
US
sophisticate
polish
groom
work
condition
acculturate
socialize
US
reclaim
tame
advance
ethicize
enrich
ennoble
idealize
US
spiritualize
acquaint
humanise
UK
idealise
UK
socialise
UK
help forward
counsel
direct
advise
lead
help
aid
pilot
mentor
sponsor
shepherd
give direction to
explain things to
show the way to
give advice to
give instruction to
give information to
give counsel to
make suggestions to
give someone tips
give hints
give counselling to
make recommendations to
give pointers
be responsible for the education of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To come to have gradually, or to gain knowledge in
acquire
develop
cultivate
form
conceive
contrive
devise
establish
evolve
learn
concoct
grasp
imbibe
master
materialise
UK
materialize
US
assimilate
pick up
take up
get
achieve
gain
attain
come by
try to develop
try to acquire
contract
grow into
slip into
get into
engage in
breed
adopt
assume
undertake
take to
discover
embrace
reach
nurture
take on
take in
sustain
Verb
▲
To keep from harm, or to ensure the safety of
protect
defend
guard
keep
safeguard
secure
shield
harbour
UK
preserve
save
screen
shelter
avert
fortify
bulwark
care for
chaperon
cover
fence
fend
forfend
hedge
house
inoculate
insulate
look after
mind
support
tend
ward
watch over
assure
conserve
harbor
US
keep from harm
sentinel
watch
escort
immunise
UK
immunize
US
keep safe
mount guard on
stand guard on
stick up for
afford protection to
give refuge
give sanctuary
stand guard
stand up for
take care of
cover all bases
ride shotgun
save from harm
take under one's wing
go to bat for
take someone under your wing
assure the safety of
oversee
maintain
uphold
overlook
ensure
make invulnerable
guide
rule
ward off
be responsible for
have charge of
attend to
preside over
minister to
persevere with
be in charge of
champion
cushion
insure
garrison
supervise
keep an eye on
indemnify
guarantee
barricade
prevent
warrant
police
hold
stand guard over
underwrite
strengthen
sustain
nurse
hide
superintend
cocoon
see to
sit with
retain
accompany
bolster
stonewall
occupy
man
enclose
register
keep intact
block
shepherd
babysit
shade
squire
surround
chaperone
attend
rest
wrap
mother
conceal
haven
childmind
stave off
conduct
fend off
steward
alibi
guard against
govern
cradle
provide protection for
cover up
pillow
protect from
relieve
safeguard from
prop up
take charge of
give asylum to
shield from
provide refuge
provide with an alibi
give shelter to
give sanctuary to
cover for
provide a refuge for
give an alibi to
keep in good condition
patrol
keep from
isolate
cloister
halt
salvage
keep in repair
confirm
establish
stop
reclaim
arrest
retrieve
justify
cherish
rescue
make safe
nanny
thwart
intercept
foil
make immune
administer to
tend to
fight for
endorse
make sound
make impregnable
manage
roof
shotgun
chamber
supply with troops
inject
provide insurance for
provide safety
oppose
resist
take out insurance
run
handle
administrate
give shelter
give cover
perpetuate
prolong
withstand
operate
control
lay
guaranty
make secure
take out insurance cover
cinch
ice
regulate
direct
repel
continue
till
repulse
jab
mitigate
treat
prop
variolate
answer for
agree to pay
give security to
beat off
check
keep tabs on
take in
provide sanctuary
repel danger
keep up
be the defender of
hold at bay
hold off
nurture
hold up
see
companion
company
shield against
safeguard against
secure against
protect against
hold back
baby-sit
flank
pilot
usher
fight off
defend oneself against
keep at bay
vaccinate
mound
rampart
embattle
be attentive of
give heed to
look over
mind the store
look out for
ride herd on
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bring
consort
convoy
bear
hold to
blockade
gird
wall
bar
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nestle
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dress
contain
shore up
store
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bolt
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mulch
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Assist in breaking law
aid and abet
assist
collaborate
connive
conspire
contrive
help
plot
abet
be in cahoots with
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countenance
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To replace or substitute something with something else
surrogate
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deputize
US
replace
subrogate
substitute
Adjective
▲
Providing or receiving parental care to/for children not related to oneself
adoptive
surrogate
caretaker
acting
provisional
substitute
replacement
temporary
stand-in
fill-in
short-term
deputy
second-string
supply
reserve
relief
stopgap
pinch-hitting
interim
backup
standby
alternate
emergency
auxiliary
pro tem
ad interim
pro tempore
transitional
makeshift
proxy
extra
impromptu
expediential
intervening
spare
provisory
provisionary
fallback
improvised
changeover
second
rough and ready
cover
band-aid
temp
rough-and-ready
alternative
supplementary
supplemental
locum
holding
sub
support
secondary
supernumerary
additional
fall-back
tentative
substitutive
ancillary
working
understudy
in reserve
jury-rigged
jury
impermanent
expedient
rough-and-tumble
practical
throwaway
ad hoc
transient
for the time being
unfixed
make-do
non-permanent
changeable
pop-up
slapdash
delegated
assistant
adjutant
different
other
another
possible
complementary
back-up
non-standard
“My
foster
parents care for me as if I am one of their own children.”
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