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Showing words for FOSTER using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Foster

fetors, forest, forset, fortes, foster, fstore, softer

5 Letter Words for Foster

estro, fetor, fores, foret, forte, forts, frets, froes, frost, ofter, orfes, roset, rotes, sofer, stero, store, terfs, tores, torse

4 Letter Words for Foster

efts, eros, erst, fers, fest, fets, foes, fore, fort, fots, fret, froe, fros, frot, ores, orfe, orfs, orts, refs, reft, rest, rets, roes, rose, rost, rote, rots, seor, serf, sero, sert, soft, sore, sort, ster, stof, stor, stre, tefs, terf, toes, tore, tors, tose, tres

3 Letter Words for Foster

efs, eft, eof, eos, erf, ers, ert, esr, est, fer, fes, fet, foe, for, fot, fro, frs, frt, oer, oes, oft, ore, orf, ors, ort, ose, ref, res, rfs, roe, ros, rot, rte, ser, set, sot, str, tef, ter, tes, tfr, toe, tor, tos, trf, trs

Definitions for Foster

[1] to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
[2] to bring up, raise, or rear, as a foster child.
[3] to care for or cherish.
[4] British . to place (a child) in a foster home.
[5] Obsolete . to feed or nourish.
[6] Stephen (Collins), 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
[7] William Z(eb·u·lon) [zeb -yuh -luh n] /ˈzɛb yə lən/ , 1881–1961, U.S. labor organizer: leader in the Communist Party.
[8] a male given name.
[9] to promote the growth or development of
[10] to bring up (a child, etc); rear
[11] to cherish (a plan, hope, etc) in one's mind
[12] mainly British to place (a child) in the care of foster parents to bring up under fosterage
[13] (in combination) indicating relationship through fostering and not through birth foster mother ; foster child
[14] (in combination) of or involved in the rearing of a child by persons other than his natural or adopted parents foster home
[15] Jodie . born 1962, US film actress and director: her films include Taxi Driver (1976), The Accused (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1990), Little Man Tate (1991; also directed), Nell (1995), and Panic Room (2002)
[16] Norman , Baron. born 1935, British architect. His works include the Willis Faber building (1978) in Ipswich, Stansted Airport, Essex (1991), Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong (1998), the renovation of the Reichstag, Berlin (1999), and City Hall, London (2002)
[17] Stephen Collins . 1826–64, US composer of songs such as The Old Folks at Home and Oh Susanna

Words related to Foster

feed, advance, champion, uphold, harbor, cherish, serve, back, encourage, nurse, forward, further, nurture, stimulate, cultivate, foment, nourish, raise, favor, oblige

Words nearby Foster

fossiliferous, fossilize, fossor, fossorial, fossula, foster, foster brother, foster care, foster child, foster city, foster daughter

Origin of Foster

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fōstor nourishment, fōstrian to nourish; cognate with Old Norse fōstr; akin to food

Other words from Foster

fos·ter·er , noun
fos·ter·ing·ly , adverb
un·fos·tered , adjective
un·fos·ter·ing , adjective

Word origin for Foster

Old English fōstrian to feed, from fōstor food

Synonyms for Foster

advance, back, champion, cherish, cultivate, encourage, feed, foment, forward, further, harbor, nurse, nurture, serve, stimulate, uphold