The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word REARS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Brings up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REARS | 84 % | 5 |
| RAISES | 4 % | 6 |
| NURTURES | 3 % | 8 |
| PARENTS | 2 % | 7 |
| EVOKES | 1 % | 6 |
| SAYS | 1 % | 4 |
| ELEVATES | 1 % | 8 |
| MENTIONS | 1 % | 8 |
| HIKES | 1 % | 5 |
| ERECTS | 1 % | 6 |
| BREEDS | 1 % | 6 |
Why may REARS be the right solution?
"Brings up" is a clue that indicates raising or nurturing something, which can be synonymous with the word "rears."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Brings up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bring up
- bringing up
- brought up
- bringing
- bring to
- bring about
- brought
- bring out
- bring forth
- brought about
- brought out
- bring in
Crossword Answer definitions
REARS verb- To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
- To rise up on the hind legs
- (usually with "up") To get angry.
- To rise high above, tower above.
- To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
- To construct by building; to set up
- To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
- To lift and take up.
- To rouse; to strip up.
- To move; stir.
- (of geese) To carve.
- (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
- The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
- Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
- The buttocks, a creature's bottom
- To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- To sodomize (perform anal sex)
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result REARS
More clues leading to the result RAISES
- Brings up
- Bumps up
- Hikes in pay
- Ups
- Erects, as a barn
- Post-review rewards
- Does more than see
- Poker ploys
- Contract demands
- Rewards from the boss
More clues leading to the result NURTURES
More clues leading to the result PARENTS
- "Meet the __" (De Niro film)
- Just folks?
- They made you you
- Wedding V.I.P.s
- Raises
- Mom and pop
- Definition, part 3
- Ma and pa
- They "make children happy by giving them something to ignore" (Ogden Nash)
- They made you
More clues leading to the result EVOKES
- Calls up
- Calls to mind
- Suggests
- Draws forth
- Summons
- Brings to mind
- Summons forth
- Brings up
- Conjures up
- Brings out
More clues leading to the result SAYS
- "That ____ it all!"
- "__ who?"
- Vocalizes
- Alleges
- Chances to speak
- Verbalizes
- Simon ___
- "That __ it all!"
- Chimes in
- Simon follower
More clues leading to the result ELEVATES
More clues leading to the result MENTIONS
More clues leading to the result HIKES
- Puts the ball in play
- Long walks
- Ups
- Walks for exercise
- Backpacker's outings
- Upward motions
- West Coast Trail walks
- Trail treks
- Walks in the woods, perhaps
- Tackles a trail
More clues leading to the result ERECTS
- Puts up
- Builds
- Assembles
- Builds up
- Raises, as a building
- Constructs
- Sets up
- Is constructive?
- Raises, as a monument
- Establishes