Synonyms of drew on

drew on

verb

past tense of draw on

1

as in caused

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in came

to come near or nearer

night draws on, so we should hurry home

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retired
• withdrew
• backed (up or away)
• retreated
• receded
• pulled out
• left
• removed
• walked out
• went
• ran away
• took off
• lit
• departed
• quit
• shoved (off)
• exited
• cleared out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drew on

Similarly, today’s protest drew on those themes, with people additionally voicing opposition to rising living costs, some of which stem from the recent war against Iran. —Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2026

Wolfsburg drew on Hecking’s debut against Hoffenheim last weekend but his team was banking on a win against Bremen to start a turnaround. —ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026

But researchers drew on findings from Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose, which while not representative, indicated that the lion's share of charitable donations come from companies that are giving over the new threshold. —Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2026

Arancibia, a Chicano studies professor and board trustee at Sweetwater Union High School District, drew on decades of community organizing and academic work. —Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026

The film was a return to form for Roman Polanski, who drew on his own experiences as a Holocaust survivor to offer an unsparing look at Nazi savagery. —Brent Lang, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026

The indictments alleged a yearslong mob operation that drew on insider information to manipulate NBA games and win bets. —Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026

The Islamic State’s tyranny drew on the cultural resources of the Middle East—Islam—while Assad’s tyranny drew upon a different but also uniquely Middle Eastern heritage, Arab nationalism. —Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026

Mummification experts at Saqqara drew on a continental network that supplied oils, tars and resins, combining these materials with specialized techniques of antisepsis, embalming, wrapping and coffin sealing. —R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026