Synonyms for cherish
ˈtʃɛr ɪʃcher·ish

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. cherish

   To cherish is both to hold dear and to treat as dear. Mere unexpressed esteem would not be cherishing. In the marriage vow, "to love, honor, and cherish," the word cherish implies all that each can do by love and tenderness for the welfare and happiness of the other, as by support, protection, care in sickness, comfort in sorrow, sympathy, and help of every kind. To nurse is to tend the helpless or feeble, as infants, or the sick or wounded. To nourish is strictly to sustain and build up by food; to nurture includes careful mental and spiritual training, with something of love and tenderness; to foster is simply to maintain and care for, to bring up; a foster-child will be nourished, but may not be as tenderly nurtured or as lovingly cherished as if one's own. In the figurative sense, the opinion one cherishes he holds, not with mere cold conviction, but with loving devotion.

   See synonyms for ABANDON; CHASTEN.

   Synonyms:
   cheer, cling to, comfort, encourage, entertain, foster, harbor, hold dear, nourish, nurse, nurture, protect, shelter, treasure, value

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. cherish

   Synonyms:
   foster, nurse, promote, nourish, nurture, comfort, protect, entertain, value, encourage

   Antonyms:
   stifle, abandon, discard, discourage, check

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. care for, cherish, hold dear, treasureverb

   be fond of; be attached to

   Synonyms:
   prize, treasure, value, appreciate, treat, care for, hold dear

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1. • Love

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1. harbors

   to complete something and to have a good feeling of doing it.

   i fixed my bike and now im happy

   Submitted by collinkt27 on September 15, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cherishverb

   Synonyms:
   nurture, foster, nourish, nurse, sustain, support, comfort, care for, treat tenderly

2. cherishverb

   Synonyms:
   harbor, entertain, indulge, encourage, hold dear, embrace heartily

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1. cherishverb

   Synonyms:
   treasure

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1. List of paraphrases for "cherish":

   treasure, treasured, cherished

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1. Natalie Morales:

   Dear viewer, from the minute I stepped in front of the camera and into your living rooms I knew it was an honor to be a part of your morning tradition and sacred time, with you, I've had a front row seat to moments that captured our hearts, moments I will forever cherish as I witnessed history.

2. Val Anthony:

   I’d just like for better to come out of it, the biggest thing I’d want other people to take away, I think regardless of this situation it’s always so important to cherish the time you have with people.

3. Calvin Coolidge:

   Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

4. Brooks Dunn:

   Cookin’ It With Kix: The Art of Celebrating and the Fun of Outdoor Cooking. i don’t claim to be a chef but I realized that a lot of the people that really inspired my life, the good things in my life, the moments in my life that make the memories that I really cherish-- revolved around those things hunting and fishing and spending time, being out in a garden and learning about food and things that wind up on the dinner table.

5. Jason Alexander:

   And what they all bring is the values that we want to foster — that kind of critical thinking and curiosity. They welcome debate and cherish it.