cherish

Speech parts

1. cherish - Verb

2. Cherish - Proper noun

Meaning

To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.

To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

support foster nurse protect treasure entertain nurture hold dear harbor revere cocker like value mother hold

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Antonyms

scout destroy abuse slight reject deny

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Hypernyms

love

Hyponyms

yearn

Phrases with the word

cherish as the apple of one's eye i cherish you like nothing else to cherish

Derivatives

cherished cherising

Examples

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them... Evelyn Waugh

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal. John F. Kennedy

Cherish youth, but trust old age. Native American Proverb

If you don't cherish the little, you don't deserve the more. Hungarian Proverb

Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions. Zen Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Cherine Cheringhee Cherington cherish as the apple of one's eye cherishable cherishable memories