cotton (to)

verb

Definition of cotton (to)next
as in to care (for)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cotton (to)
  1. enjoy
  2. relish
  3. like
  4. prefer
  5. adore
  6. fancy
  7. favor
  8. select
Verb
  • Schröder is currently enjoying the best year of his career.
    Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Each city boasts its own outdoor adventures, bustling shopping districts and different ways to enjoy Arizona.
    Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of enjoy
Verb
  • Davis and Jackson have undeniable on-screen chemistry—an essential ingredient for any successful buddy-cop action film—and both are clearly relishing their respective roles.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Adams, 72, had retired from a career in banking but still relishes her backup job, tending bar at Crypto.com Arena.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of relish
Verb
  • Shore likes to use Canadian bacon for recipes that call for subtle smoke, where the lean meat is rolled or layered with a richer substance like béchamel or hollandaise and gently warmed.
    Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Regardless of their initial relationship, Dylan did not like Bartoccioli.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of like
Verb
  • Rashford prefers to play on the left wing, which is where the captain Son, Werner and Odobert operate.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • There's a nonzero chance Toronto would prefer to send Bichette to the National League, but getting him out of the division and to the opposite coastline should be enough.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of prefer
Verb
  • In Orange, Perez adored Cheech and Chong and was joking for his family by age 13.
    Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • And her husband, Jacob (Antonio Banderas), a lauded and unaccountably hot stage director, adores her, both in the bedroom and outside it.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of adore
Verb
  • Sean Dyche’s men might have fancied themselves against the league leaders off the back of their last game, which was a thumping 4-0 win over Wolves.
    Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Coleman, who has more than 600,000 Instagram followers and several TikToks with over a million views, fancies himself as a bit of a travel influencer as well.
    DeMarco Williams, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of fancy
Verb
  • Penn State was clearly the better team, one that will be favored to win the Fiesta Bowl against No. 3 seed Boise State.
    Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
  • While the odds favor an up year, downturns are inevitable.
    John Jennings, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of favor
Verb
  • Sure, Indiana won a lot of games — but should they have been selected for the playoff?
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Sutherland, who died on Dec. 16 at age 80, was a 24-year-old infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies when the Expos selected him in the eighth round of the 1968 expansion draft.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of select
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“Cotton (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cotton%20%28to%29. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.

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