Synonyms for bring
Definitions
- v. 1
To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.
- v. 2
To supply or contribute.
The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.
Related words
- Word family
- bring-and-buy
- Phrases
- bring about bring down bring up bring out bring forth bring round bring in bring forward
- Other spellings
- brring brrring
Choose the right word
If an object is to be moved from the place we occupy, we say carry; if to the place we occupy, we say bring.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- add Do you know how to add new contacts to this phone?
- carry Kyoko had the kindness to carry my baggage for me.
- produce Your pessimism won't produce any positive results.
- contribute How will this contribute to Algeria's development?
- land Fifty years ago anyone could have bought the land.
- accompany I'm not going to accompany the children to school.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, add1
- 4 letters
- work1, play1, lead1, land1, draw1, bear1, lend1
- 5 letters
- cause1, carry2, fetch1, wreak1
- 6 letters
- reduce2, attend2, obtain2, convoy2, induce2, impart2, bestow2
- 7 letters
- produce2, conduct2, procure2
- 9 letters
- institute3, accompany4, chauffeur2, modernize3, modernise
- 10 letters
- contribute3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carry2 = 2 syllables).