Cultivate meaning

What does “cultivate” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“cultivate” is a verb with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: foster the growth of.

cultivate

foster the growth of
prepare for crops
“Work the soil”
“cultivate the land”
Synonymscrop work
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
“Cultivate your musical taste”
“Train your tastebuds”
Synonymseducate school train civilize civilise
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
“domesticate oats”
“tame the soil”
Synonymsdomesticate naturalize naturalise tame

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University