Synonyms of bring about

bring about

verb

as in to cause

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

I promise: making one mistake will not bring about the apocalypse

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of bring about in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Together, all these factors combined to bring about a storm that dumped six months’ worth of rain on the towns and villages of western North Carolina in a matter of hours. —Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024

Our actions have proved the opposite: standing up to Russia has been crucial to bringing about unprecedented convergence between Asia and Europe, which increasingly see their security as indivisible. —Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024

The limited edition bottles, available at Target, are meant to drive awareness of the effort to bring about greater representation in dentistry. —Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 30 Sep. 2024

Whatever the long-term traction brought about by Apple’s recent market entry one other feature of the rapidly developing OTC hearing aid market is certainly worth a mention. —Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024