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)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bring about

Nabavi has spent more than a decade in prison for his activism and is one of many dissidents who believe the war will not bring about positive outcomes for Iranians. —Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026

The end of kayfabe brought about a strange artistic flourishing—wrestling postmodernism. —Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

This would bring about a destructive reentry within hours or days. —Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 Apr. 2026

Bryan Walsh worked in coordination with the federal government to bring about 14,000 children from Cuba in the aftermath of Fidel Castro’s communist revolution. —Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026