Synonyms and Antonyms of brought 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
fathered, mothered
attended, cared (for), cradled, cultivated, minded, ministered (to), nurtured, watched
disciplined, educated, instructed, mentored, schooled, taught, trained, tutored
edified, enlightened, indoctrinated
fed, provided (for), supplied
advanced, forwarded, furthered, promoted
prepared
directed, guided, led, shepherded, showed
2
to present or bring forward for discussion
- I hate to bring this up, but we're running short of money
alluded (to), cited, mentioned, named, referred (to)
offered, proposed, suggested
aired, expressed, spoke (of), talked (about), vented, ventilated
interjected, interrupted
debated, discussed, thrashed (out or over)
3
to bring (something) to a standstill
- wasn't expecting the operator to bring up the carnival ride so suddenly
arrested, caught, checked, drew up, fetched up, halted, held up, pulled up, stalled, stayed, stilled, stopped
baffled, balked, blockaded, blocked, bottlenecked, clogged, dammed, detained, held, held back, hindered, impeded, obstructed, snagged, stemmed
concluded, cut off, ended, terminated
called, discontinued, suspended
choked off, reined (in), repressed, squashed, squelched, stanched (or staunched), stunted, suppressed, turned back
carried on, continued, followed through (with), kept (on), kept up, persisted, ran on
advanced, fared, marched, moved, proceeded, progressed, wended, went along
actuated, budged, drove, goaded, impelled, propelled, pushed, spurred, stirred
