Upbringing

//ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ//

Synonyms for "upbringing" (41 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Noun(2 words)
breedingbringing up

Strong matches (12)

Noun(2 words)
fosteragefostering

Related words (20)

Noun(3 words)
nurtureraisingrearing

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related to

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Translations

76 translations across 40 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • τροφή noun (traits)
  • τροφή noun (raising or training)

Arabic

3 entries
  • تربية noun (raising or training)
  • تَرْبِيَة noun (traits)
  • تَرْبِيَة noun (raising or training)

Armenian

3 entries
  • դաստիարակություն noun (traits)
  • դաստիարակություն noun (raising or training)
  • դաստիարակում noun (raising or training)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • tərbiyə noun (traits)
  • tərbiyə noun (raising or training)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • выхава́нне noun (traits)
  • выхава́нне noun (raising or training)
  • выхава́ньне noun (traits)
  • выхава́ньне noun (raising or training)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • възпита́ние noun (traits)
  • възпита́ние noun (raising or training)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 教養 /教养 noun (raising or training)

Czech

3 entries
  • vychování noun (raising or training)
  • výchova noun (traits)
  • výchova noun (raising or training)

Danish

1 entries
  • opdragelse noun (raising or training)

Dutch

1 entries
  • opvoeding noun (traits)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kasvatus noun (traits)

French

2 entries
  • éducation noun (traits)
  • éducation noun (raising or training)

German

2 entries
  • Erziehung noun (traits)
  • Erziehung noun (raising or training)

Greek

2 entries
  • ανατροφή noun (traits)
  • ανατροφή noun (raising or training)

Irish

1 entries
  • oiliúint noun (raising or training)

Italian

2 entries
  • educazione noun (traits)
  • educazione noun (raising or training)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 教養 noun (raising or training)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • acaragulan noun (traits)
  • akaragulan noun (traits)

Korean

1 entries
  • 교양 noun (raising or training)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • тарбия noun (raising or training)
  • өөтүм noun (raising or training)

Latvian

1 entries
  • audzināšana noun (traits)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • воспитание noun (traits)
  • воспитание noun (raising or training)
  • воспитување noun (raising or training)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • oppdragelse noun (raising or training)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • تربیه noun (raising or training)

Persian

2 entries
  • تربیت noun (traits)
  • تربیت noun (raising or training)

Polish

3 entries
  • wychowanie noun (traits)
  • wychowanie noun (raising or training)
  • wychowywanie noun (raising or training)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • criação noun (raising or training)
  • educação noun (raising or training)

Russian

2 entries
  • воспита́ние noun (traits)
  • воспита́ние noun (raising or training)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • togail noun (raising or training)
  • àrach noun (raising or training)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • vaspítānje noun (raising or training)
  • òdgoj noun (raising or training)
  • васпи́та̄ње noun (raising or training)
  • о̀дгој noun (raising or training)

Slovak

3 entries
  • vychovávanie noun (raising or training)
  • výchova noun (traits)
  • výchova noun (raising or training)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vzgoja noun (raising or training)

Spanish

2 entries
  • crianza noun (traits)
  • crianza noun (raising or training)

Swahili

2 entries
  • malezi noun (raising or training)
  • ulezi noun (raising or training)

Swedish

1 entries
  • uppfostran noun (raising or training)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • nakagisnan noun (traits)
  • nakalakihan noun (traits)

Tamil

1 entries
  • வளர்ப்பு noun (raising or training)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • вихова́ння noun (traits)
  • вихова́ння noun (raising or training)

Urdu

1 entries
  • تَرْبِیت noun (raising or training)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • tarbiya noun (traits)
  • tarbiya noun (raising or training)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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The children had the benefit of a good upbringing.

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They differed with each other on the care and upbringing of their children.

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His behavior spoke volumes about his upbringing.

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He's had a liberal upbringing.

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