Synonyms of drawn on

drawn on

verb

past participle of draw on

1

as in created

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

• created
• brought
• spawned
• caused
• prompted
• brought about
• brought on
• generated
• brought forth
• produced
• translated (into)
• given rise to
• made
• resulted (in)
• invoked
• wrought
• induced
• effected
• inaugurated
• yielded
• worked
• occasioned
• bred
• contributed (to)
• done
• engendered
• founded
• begotten
• catalyzed
• introduced
• effectuated
• initiated
• begot
• launched
• conduced (to)
• set up
• begun
• established
• determined
• turned out
• started
• decided
• instituted
• developed
• encouraged
• pioneered
• enacted
• forwarded
• cultivated
• rendered
• promoted
• fostered
• set
• nurtured
• fathered
• advanced
• innovated
• furthered
• nourished

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limited
• restricted
• put down
• impeded
• suppressed
• checked
• arrested
• controlled
• crushed
• repressed
• subdued
• smothered
• quashed
• stifled
• inhibited
• retarded
• restrained
• dampened
• killed
• clamped down (on)
• cracked down (on)
• curbed
• reined (in)
• destroyed
• squashed
• squelched
• quelled
• abolished
• canned
• stilled
• extinguished
• demolished
• liquidated
• snuffed (out)
• quenched

2

as in approached

to come near or nearer

night draws on, so we should hurry home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• approached
• closed
• arrived
• come
• come up
• closed in
• nighed
• bellied up
• neared
• hit
• turned up
• landed
• shown up
• reached
• waltzed (up)
• attained
• showed up
• crept up
• gained
• snuck up
• made
• touched
• bordered
• verged
• adjoined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• backed (up or away)
• retired
• withdrawn
• retreated
• receded
• pulled out
• taken off
• left
• removed
• run away
• walked out
• cleared out
• gone
• lit
• departed
• shoved (off)
• exited
• quit
• quitted
• lighted out