Synonyms for bring up
bring up

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1. raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forthverb

   summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

   "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

   Synonyms:
   elevate, resurrect, nominate, reproof, entreat, chide, mention, enkindle, provoke, kindle, assert, refer, leaven, call forth, grow, submit, kick upstairs, reprimand, posit, suggest, stimulate, lift, heighten, beseech, upgrade, advert, put up, educe, kick up, chew out, fire, set up, name, trounce, awake, state, raise, wind up, recruit, farm, extract, excite, lecture, conjure, rouse, upraise, adjure, rag, appeal, awaken, shake, conjure up, dress down, wake, waken, shift, turn on, boot, enhance, remonstrate, budge, chew up, wake up, sex, advance, perk up, machinate, jaw, prove, rebuke, invoke, agitate, have words, evoke, lambast, conspire, rear, press, cite, draw out, stir, elicit, take to task, bawl out, nurture, parent, energize, berate, produce, erect, reboot, bid, levy, arouse, call on the carpet, touch, lambaste, brace, complot, energise, paint a picture, get up, cabal, scold, call down, shake up, promote, put forward, come alive

2. rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parentverb

   bring up

   "raise a family"; "bring up children"

   Synonyms:
   kindle, rise, arouse, put forward, leaven, set up, upgrade, boot, provoke, elevate, kick upstairs, recruit, upraise, enkindle, put up, heighten, stir, refer, elicit, advance, conjure, lift, fire, farm, cite, grow, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, advert, promote, nourish, prove, erect, raise, name, call down, get up, produce, call forth, invoke, mention, reboot, evoke, rear, foster, parent, sustain, rise up, enhance

3. bring upverb

   promote from a lower position or rank

   "This player was brought up to the major league"

   Synonyms:
   raise, get up, cite, rear, nurture, elevate, parent, name, reboot, advert, stir, put forward, call down, arouse, conjure, evoke, call forth, lift, mention, refer, invoke, boot, conjure up

4. raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring upverb

   raise from a lower to a higher position

   "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

   Synonyms:
   elevate, resurrect, rig out, hook, organise, cram, provoke, reboot, stand up, nobble, arise, overdress, fire, leaven, call forth, grow, repeal, abstract, kick upstairs, uprise, lift, heighten, vacate, upgrade, bone, advert, refer, put up, tog out, cabbage, turn out, tog up, set up, prink, reverse, trick up, go up, grind away, filch, name, raise, revoke, pilfer, dress up, levy, work up, conjure, recruit, upraise, sneak, rise, attire, move up, conjure up, fig out, rescind, fancy up, swot up, gussy up, devise, boot, enhance, come up, wind, pinch, arouse, prepare, swipe, advance, machinate, countermand, prove, put forward, invoke, enkindle, fig up, evoke, mug up, rear, cite, drum, annul, rustle, stir, elicit, hoist, mention, nurture, parent, swot, trick out, purloin, produce, erect, face-lift, kindle, snarf, plagiarize, overturn, promote, organize, deck out, plagiarise, airlift, farm, get up, bone up, call down, deck up

5. bring upverb

   cause to come to a sudden stop

   "The noise brought her up in shock"

   Synonyms:
   raise, get up, cite, rear, nurture, elevate, parent, name, reboot, advert, stir, put forward, call down, arouse, conjure, evoke, call forth, lift, mention, refer, invoke, boot, conjure up

6. raise, bring upverb

   put forward for consideration or discussion

   "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"

   Synonyms:
   kindle, farm, put forward, leaven, set up, upgrade, boot, provoke, elevate, kick upstairs, recruit, upraise, enkindle, put up, heighten, stir, refer, elicit, advance, conjure, lift, fire, arouse, cite, grow, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, advert, promote, erect, prove, name, call down, get up, produce, call forth, invoke, mention, raise, reboot, evoke, rear, parent, enhance

7. mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, referverb

   make reference to

   "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

   Synonyms:
   come to, touch, relate, give ear, concern, put forward, reference, cite, consult, pertain, adduce, summons, abduce, elevate, key out, describe, appoint, pay heed, refer, call down, have-to doe with, conjure, lift, make, observe, arouse, key, remark, call, list, quote, conjure up, nurture, reboot, boot, advert, touch on, look up, constitute, summon, raise, identify, stir, get up, nominate, bear on, call forth, invoke, name, attend, mention, hang, evoke, rear, denote, distinguish, parent, allude, diagnose, discover, note

8. boot, reboot, bring upverb

   cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes

   "boot your computer"

   Synonyms:
   raise, get up, cite, rear, nurture, elevate, parent, name, reboot, advert, stir, put forward, call down, arouse, conjure, evoke, call forth, lift, mention, refer, invoke, boot, conjure up

Matched Categories

1. • Mean
   • Mention
   • Move
   • Promote
   • Revive
   • Stop
   • Summon

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1. bring up

   Synonyms:
   educate, instruct, rear, nurse

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1. bring up

   Synonyms:
   nurse, rear, nurture, train

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1. BRING UP

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1. Chief Executive Tom Enders:

   We would always do that in a balanced way, there's no political pressures or anything. But I have no reason that we are slowing down. Our challenge right now is to bring up production.

2. The President:

   This idea that they don't have oil to drill and to bring up is simply not true, this piece of the Republicans talking about' President Joe Biden on Tuesday shut down fields,' wrong. We ought to be able to work something out whereby they're able to increase refining capacity and still not give up on transitioning to renewable energy. They're both within realm of possibility.

3. Samuel Pepys:

   I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; but I will not, for my content-sake, give it.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   The vaccines are doing exactly what we're asking them to do when it comes to keeping Barney Graham out of the hospital, out of serious disease and certainly preventing Barney Graham death, an important point to bring up is that the greater the percentage of people that are vaccinated, even with a high degree of protection, the absolute number of breakthrough infections might appear high.

5. Regan Freeman:

   Like many other places in South Carolina, Laurens still has a color line. Maybe South Carolina's not as obvious as South Carolina was in the'60s, but South Carolina's there, if you look, there are people who don't want to bring up hate. They say,' This makes the community look bad.'.