Synonyms and Antonyms of bring up
1
to bring to maturity through care and education
- it takes an immense commitment and a lot of love to bring up a child properly
father, mother
attend, care (for), cradle, cultivate, mind, minister (to), nurture, watch
discipline, educate, instruct, mentor, school, teach, train, tutor
edify, enlighten, indoctrinate
feed, provide (for), supply
advance, forward, further, promote
prepare
direct, guide, lead, shepherd, show
2
to present or bring forward for discussion
- I hate to bring this up, but we're running short of money
allude (to), cite, mention, name, refer (to)
offer, propose, suggest
air, express, speak (of), talk (about), vent, ventilate
interject, interrupt
debate, discuss, thrash (out or over)
3
to bring (something) to a standstill
- wasn't expecting the operator to bring up the carnival ride so suddenly
arrest, catch, check, draw up, fetch up, halt, hold up, pull up, stall, stay, still, stop
baffle, balk, block, blockade, bottleneck, clog, dam, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, obstruct, snag, stem
conclude, cut off, end, terminate
call, discontinue, suspend
choke off, rein (in), repress, squash, squelch, stanch (or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back
carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep (on), keep up, persist, run on
advance, fare, go along, march, move, proceed, progress, wend
actuate, budge, drive, goad, impel, propel, push, spur, stir
