brought up
9 synonyms for brought up, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — Raised and cared for as a child, taught particular values and manners; the past tense and past participle of bring up.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. verb
Raised and cared for as a child, taught particular values and manners; the past tense and past participle of bring up.
“She was brought up by her grandmother in Cork.”
2. verb
Mentioned or introduced a subject in conversation.
“Nobody brought up the redundancies at the meeting.”
3. verb
Vomited.
“The baby brought up most of her feed.”
How to use brought up
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
In the child-rearing sense, British English favours 'brought up' where American English often prefers 'raised'. Both are standard.
