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. Jim France:

   Race fans are, and always will be, the lifeblood of NASCAR. Few knew this better than Bruton Smith, bruton built his race tracks employing a simple philosophy; give face fans memories they will cherish for a lifetime. In doing do, Bruton helped grow NASCAR's popularity as the preeminent spectator sport.

2. Fan Liqing:

   We welcome Taiwan compatriots to participate in memorial activities, and hope people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait can always remember history, cherish the memory of martyrs and rally together through war victory activities.

3. Kamaldeep Singh Dhanjal:

   Friends, family and all those people who you are surrounded with, that can change but the only thing would last with you that is your own breathe. So cherish it rather than displeasing.

4. Robert Brault:

   I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult the calendar.

5. Joshua L. Chamberlain, General Commander 20th Maine, Union Forces,:

   We know not of the future, and cannot plan for it much. But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be whenever and wherever the hour stricks that calls to noble action..., No man becomes suddenly different from his habit and cherished thought.