Antonyms of verb bring

1 of 11 senses of bring

Sense 4
bring, get, convey, fetch -- (go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat")
       Antonym of take away (Sense 1)
      => take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off -- (remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bring

11 senses of bring

Sense 1
bring, convey, take -- (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point")
       => transport, carry -- (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river")
          Phrasal Verb-> bring forward#1; bring down#4; bring down#1; bring up#4; bring on#2; bring out#5

Sense 2
bring -- (cause to come into a particular state or condition; "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")
          Phrasal Verb-> bring together#1; bring out#3

Sense 3
bring, work, play, wreak, make for -- (cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area")
       => make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")
          Phrasal Verb-> bring on#1; bring off#1; bring up#1

Sense 4
bring, get, convey, fetch -- (go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat")
       => transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise -- (send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message")

Sense 5
bring, land -- (bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")
          Phrasal Verb-> bring down#6; bring up#2

Sense 6
bring -- (be accompanied by; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?")

Sense 7
institute, bring -- (advance or set forth in court; "bring charges", "institute proceedings")
       => make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")

Sense 8
lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring -- (bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 9
fetch, bring in, bring -- (be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction")

Sense 10
bring -- (attract the attention of; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious")
       => attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in -- (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers")

Sense 11
bring -- (induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well")
       => induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make -- (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa")

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