Foster
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfɒs.tə/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Foster is an adjective meaning Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
Meaning
Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
More Meanings
- Receiving such care.
- Related by such care.
- (countable, informal) A foster parent.
- (uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.
- (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
- (transitive) To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
- (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
Example Sentences
foster parents
a foster child
We are a foster family.
Some fosters end up adopting.
Word Forms
- fosters
- fostering
- fostered
Synonyms for foster
Depending on context, synonyms include nurture, surrogate, further, adoptive.
Antonyms for foster
Common opposites include hamper.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adoptive, further, nurture, surrogate, upbringing, childcare.
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