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bring up has 23 distinct synonyms spread across 6 of its 8 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
“raise the specter of unemployment”
promote from a lower position or rank
“This player was brought up to the major league”
cause to come to a sudden stop
“The noise brought her up in shock”
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
“boot your computer”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for bring up come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.