Antonyms for
foster
To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
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All Definitions for Foster

Below are all the dictionary definitions of foster:

1To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
2To promote the development of something
3To cultivate and grow a thing.
4The care given to another
5Guardianship.
6A foster parent.
7Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
8Receiving such care.
9Related by such care.
10To nurse or cherish something.
11To be nurtured or trained up together.
12A forester.
13An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Forster.
14A male given name transferred from the surname.
15A placename
16A number of places in the United States:
17A former settlement in San Diego County, California.
18An unincorporated community in Warren County, Indiana.
19An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
20A township and unincorporated community therein, in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
21A village in Bates County, Missouri
22Amed for Ohio governor Charles Foster.
23A village in Pierce County, Nebraska
24Amed for George Foster, original owner of town's site.
25A town in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
26An unincorporated community partly in Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon.
27A town in Providence County, Rhode Island
28Amed for Rhode Island statesman Theodore Foster.
29A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
30An unincorporated community in Clear Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
31A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, southern Quebec, Canada.
32A town in South Gippsland Shire, south-east Victoria, Australia.
33Ellipsis of Foster County. [One of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Carrington.]

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About antonyms for foster

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