Synonyms of reared

reared

verb

past tense of rear

1

as in raised

to bring to maturity through care and education

watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raised
• bred
• fostered
• nurtured
• taught
• fed
• educated
• cultivated
• nursed
• nourished
• promoted
• brought up
• watched
• attended
• fathered
• cradled
• schooled
• trained
• mothered
• disciplined
• supplied
• instructed
• prepared
• led
• provided (for)
• enlightened
• indoctrinated
• forwarded
• tutored
• mentored
• ministered (to)
• directed
• guided
• furthered
• minded
• cared (for)
• showed
• advanced
• edified
• shepherded

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• abused
• maltreated
• mistreated
• ignored
• neglected
• mishandled
• ill-treated
• injured
• hurt
• ill-used
• harmed

2

as in erected

to fix in an upright position

it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erected
• raised
• lifted
• hoisted
• pitched
• set up
• braced
• upraised
• elevated
• upended
• put up
• supported
• buttressed
• upheld
• uplifted
• hove
• propped (up)
• heightened
• heaved
• craned
• hiked
• upped
• boosted
• shored (up)
• hefted
• picked up
• jacked (up)
• perked (up)

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• flattened
• leveled
• demolished
• levelled
• razed
• knocked down
• tore down

3

as in built

to form by putting together parts or materials

the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• built
• constructed
• assembled
• made
• erected
• created
• manufactured
• raised
• designed
• produced
• established
• fabricated
• pieced
• made up
• put together
• set up
• confected
• molded
• shaped
• fashioned
• generated
• rebuilt
• put up
• originated
• concocted
• organized
• hammered
• began
• founded
• invented
• instituted
• fathered
• conceived
• inaugurated
• framed
• forged
• initiated
• prefabricated
• devised
• constituted
• carpentered
• coined
• reconstructed
• handcrafted
• imagined
• reassembled
• contrived
• innovated
• combined
• cooked (up)
• united
• thought (up)
• retrofitted
• threw up
• reedified
• retrofit
• redeveloped
• rigged (up)
• jerry-built

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• struck
• destroyed
• dismantled
• flattened
• dismembered
• disassembled
• levelled
• shattered
• wrecked
• ruined
• leveled
• pulverized
• smashed
• knocked down
• tore down
• demolished
• took down
• devastated
• razed
• exploded
• pulled down
• separated
• divided
• detached
• demounted
• disengaged
• blew up
• ruinated
• disconnected
• disunited
• disjoined

4

as in grew

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care

an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grew
• cultivated
• produced
• raised
• planted
• harvested
• promoted
• cultured
• tended
• bred
• dressed
• cropped
• propagated
• rooted
• gathered
• sowed
• sprouted
• gleaned
• reaped
• ripened
• germinated
• quickened

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• killed
• picked
• plucked
• dug
• uprooted
• extirpated
• pulled (up)
• cut
• mowed
• hayed