Synonyms of draw on

draw on

verb

1

as in to cause

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

the general's imprudent remarks drew on a public rebuke by the secretary of defense

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cause
• create
• bring
• generate
• prompt
• do
• produce
• work
• bring about
• spawn
• result (in)
• yield
• translate (into)
• induce
• give rise to
• invoke
• bring forth
• effect
• bring on
• make
• effectuate
• contribute (to)
• found
• catalyze
• beget
• encourage
• occasion
• introduce
• set up
• promote
• breed
• engender
• determine
• turn out
• initiate
• launch
• pioneer
• conduce (to)
• begin
• establish
• develop
• decide
• start
• inaugurate
• institute
• foster
• forward
• render
• cultivate
• set
• further
• enact
• advance
• father
• innovate
• nurture
• nourish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limit
• restrict
• put down
• impede
• suppress
• check
• control
• quash
• rein (in)
• subdue
• repress
• quell
• stifle
• dampen
• crush
• restrain
• smother
• crack down (on)
• arrest
• curb
• inhibit
• retard
• clamp down (on)
• kill
• can
• squelch
• destroy
• squash
• still
• abolish
• extinguish
• liquidate
• snuff (out)
• demolish
• quench

2

as in to come

to come near or nearer

night draws on, so we should hurry home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• come
• come up
• approach
• close
• close in
• near
• belly up
• turn up
• show up
• arrive
• reach
• attain
• sneak up
• nigh
• hit
• land
• creep up
• gain
• waltz (up)
• make
• verge
• touch
• border
• adjoin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• withdraw
• retire
• retreat
• recede
• back (up or away)
• pull out
• run away
• take off
• walk out
• remove
• leave
• go
• shove (off)
• clear out
• quit
• exit
• depart
• light out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of draw on

Kim Jee-woon’s A Bittersweet Life (2005) drew on the cool aesthetics of Jean-Pierre Melville’s gangster films while examining specifically Korean concepts of loyalty and social hierarchy. —Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026

Born in Beirut in 1980, Atoui draws on his extensive research into music history, instrumentation, and production to create multisensory environments that reimagine our relationship to sound. —News Desk, Artforum, 28 Jan. 2026

Unlikely — but the difference is that costume stores are not drawing on a vast well of IP against the wishes of content owners. —Jake Kanter, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026

Typically held on the Fox lot, the Night Before party is always a starry draw on a busy weekend. —Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026

Instead, Svitolina must draw on a bit more of her counter-punching skills. —Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026

Anderson drew on natural motifs in floral appliqués and fabrics with feather and scale-like textures. —Emma Mehl, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2026

The flight to gold in moments of market turbulence draws on decades of evidence, according to an analysis co-authored in 2025 by Campbell Harvey, a professor at Duke's Fuqua School of Business who studies commodity prices. —Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2026

Now eighty-six, Eggleston—who was born and lives in Memphis—has a distinctly Southern sense of humor that draws on observation, gossip, and a love of the absurd. —Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026