Usually means: Caring and supportive in nature.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word nurturant:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. nurturant: Merriam-Webster
  2. nurturant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nurturant: Collins English Dictionary
  4. nurturant: Vocabulary.com
  5. nurturant: Wordnik
  6. nurturant: Wiktionary
  7. nurturant: Dictionary.com
  8. nurturant: Rhymezone
  9. nurturant: FreeDictionary.org
  10. nurturant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. nurturant: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nurturant: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See nurturance as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nurturant)

▸ adjective:  (psychology) That provides nourishment; nurturing.
▸ noun:  That which nurtures; a nurturing factor or influence.

Similar:
nourishing, nutritive, nutrient, alimentative, nutritious, hearty, alimonious, well-nourished, childing, tenderminded, more...

Opposite:
neglectful, uncaring, indifferent, unloving

Types:
caring, loving, kind, attentive, supportive, more...

Phrases:
Nurturant parent model, more...

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Similar:
nourishing, nutritive, nutrient, alimentative, nutritious, hearty, alimonious, well-nourished, childing, tenderminded, more...

Opposite:
neglectful, uncaring, indifferent, unloving

Types:
caring, loving, kind, attentive, supportive, more...

Phrases:
Nurturant parent model, more...



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