Synonyms and Antonyms of brings 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
fathers, mothers
attends, cares (for), cradles, cultivates, minds, ministers (to), nurtures, watches
disciplines, educates, instructs, mentors, schools, teaches, trains, tutors
edifies, enlightens, indoctrinates
feeds, provides (for), supplies
advances, forwards, furthers, promotes
prepares
directs, guides, leads, shepherds, shows
2
to present or bring forward for discussion
- I hate to bring this up, but we're running short of money
alludes (to), cites, mentions, names, refers (to)
offers, proposes, suggests
airs, expresses, speaks (of), talks (about), ventilates, vents
interjects, interrupts
debates, discusses, thrashes (out or over)
3
to bring (something) to a standstill
- wasn't expecting the operator to bring up the carnival ride so suddenly
arrests, catches, checks, draws up, fetches up, halts, holds up, pulls up, stalls, stays, stills, stops
baffles, balks, blockades, blocks, bottlenecks, clogs, dams, detains, hinders, holds, holds back, impedes, obstructs, snags, stems
concludes, cuts off, ends, terminates
calls, discontinues, suspends
chokes off, reins (in), represses, squashes, squelches, stanches (or staunches), stunts, suppresses, turns back
carries on, continues, follows through (with), keeps (on), keeps up, persists, runs on
advances, fares, goes along, marches, moves, proceeds, progresses, wends
actuates, budges, drives, goads, impels, propels, pushes, spurs, stirs
