The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word REAR which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Foster crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REAR | 44 % | 4 |
| ABET | 16 % | 4 |
| NURTURE | 16 % | 7 |
| BREED | 4 % | 5 |
| NOURISH | 4 % | 7 |
| PROMOTE | 4 % | 7 |
| ENCOURAGE | 4 % | 9 |
| INSTILL | 4 % | 7 |
| NURSE | 4 % | 5 |
Why may REAR be the right solution?
The word "foster" can mean to bring up or raise, which is synonymous with the word "rear."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Foster
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- adoptive
- further
- nurture
- surrogate
- upbringing
- childcare
- family
- nourish
- household
- home
- custody
- hospitality
Crossword Answer definitions
REAR verb- To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
- To rise up on the hind legs
- (usually with "up") To get angry.
- To rise high above, tower above.
- To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
- To construct by building; to set up
- To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
- To lift and take up.
- To rouse; to strip up.
- To move; stir.
- (of geese) To carve.
- (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
- (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
- (of meats) Rare.
- The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
- Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
- The buttocks, a creature's bottom
- To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- To sodomize (perform anal sex)
- Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost
- Early; soon
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result REAR
- Bring up
- Hitchcock's "____ Window"
- Hitchcock's window
- Kind of guard or end
- Last one brings it up
- Rise high in the air
- Backseat
- Duff
- Hindquarters
- Stern
More clues leading to the result ABET
- "That's __!" (You're on!)
- Aid nefariously
- Drive the getaway car
- Encourage
- Help a hooligan
- Help in a heist
- Help out
- Help with a heist
- Aid
- Harbor (as a fugitive)
More clues leading to the result NURTURE
- Encourage
- Support during development
- Cultivate
- Feed and protect
- Foster
- Bring up
- One side of a development debate
- Train.
- Bring up.
- Feed
More clues leading to the result BREED
- Start a family
- Plymouth Rock, to a chicken farmer
- Afghan hound or Angora goat, for instance
- Make babies
- Reproduce
- Collie or Yorkie
- Lhasa apso, e.g.
- Lineage
- Dog show classification
- Kennel club info
More clues leading to the result NOURISH
More clues leading to the result PROMOTE
- Foster
- Make a knight, perhaps
- Further
- Kick upstairs
- Make head of the department, say
- Hype
- Plug
- Push forward
- Advance in rank
- Pitch, as a product
More clues leading to the result ENCOURAGE
More clues leading to the result INSTILL
- Guide step by step
- Add drop by drop
- Impart gradually
- Impart, as moral values
- Add bit by bit
- Teach bit by bit
- Impart
- Infuse with.
- Inculcate.
- Put in a drop at a time.