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Synonyms for beget

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.

    The King intends to beget a child within the next five years.

Related words

Word family
begetter begetting

Forms

Past participle
begotten
e.g. begotten → procreated, generated, fathered, produced…

Example sentences

  • produce Your pessimism won't produce any positive results.
  • generate This is going to generate more traffic in Algiers.
  • procreate Some people shouldn't procreate.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
begetsteady
producefalling
generaterising
procreaterising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
get1
4 letters
have1, bear1, sire2
5 letters
cause1, breed1, spawn1
6 letters
father2, mother2, create2, evolve2
7 letters
produce2
8 letters
generate3, engender3
9 letters
reproduce3, originate4, propagate3, procreate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sire2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
engendrer
Español
engendrar