foster
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
promote the growth of
Foster our children's well-being and education
Types & categories
- encourage hypernym
Related & opposite
- bringing up derivation
- advancement derivation
- fostering derivation
Sense 2 adjective
providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
foster parent
Related & opposite
- adoptive similar to
Sense 3 verb
bring up under fosterage; of children
Types & categories
- parent hypernym
Sense 4 verb
help develop, help grow
nurture his talents
Types & categories
- encourage hypernym
- patronage hyponym
- serve well hyponym
Related & opposite
- bringing up derivation
- nurture derivation
- fostering derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bringing up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | advancement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fostering |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | encourage |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | adoptive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | parent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bringing up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | nurture |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fostering |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | encourage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | patronage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | serve well |