parented

verb

past tense of parent
as in raised
to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education They expertly parent their second child using all the lessons learned from raising their first.

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Recent Examples of parented After marrying in 2006, Dee and Dale welcomed a daughter and co-parented their eight other children from previous relationships. — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026 But how you parent is directly related to how you were parented. — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026 Friends of Big Bear Valley Jackie and Shadow, who have been in the spotlight for years after FOBBV set up a nest camera offering a full-time look at the lives of the bald eagles, have parented eaglets in 2019, 2022 and 2025, when Sunny and Gizmo were born. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026 Often, mental health professionals say, parents will parent as they were parented. — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 Feb. 2026 But why should children be parented according to their own standards rather than their parents’? — Maria Balaska, Time, 23 Nov. 2025 Pratt and his ex-wife, Anna Faris, welcomed Jack in 2012 and have co-parented since their split in 2017. — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025 Organisations parented by his vision host serious literary gatherings, confer prestigious awards, build encyclopaedic information on Tamil literature, art and culture, and impart literary, cultural and philosophical education to hundreds of curious minds. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parented
  1. raised
  2. nurtured
  3. fostered
Verb
  • Saturday’s result raised UNC’s floor more than its ceiling in my eyes.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • He was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy, according to his older sister Maridale Powell, 89.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of raised
Verb
  • The relationships nurtured by gift thinking diminish our sense of scarcity and want.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The Migos, Lil Baby and City Girls are among the artists the label has nurtured, according to its website.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of nurtured
Verb
  • That reality seems to have fostered a sense of entitlement rather than gratitude.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • And as evidenced by Spade and the D’Allara family's reunion, the emotional connections fostered on that perilous day have persisted through two decades.
    — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of fostered

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“Parented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parented. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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