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Synonyms for generate

31 synonyms
9 antonyms
3 meanings

verb

Most common

create produce develop engender bring forth beget yield

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Engender — to bring into being; give rise to

engender, create, produce, make, bring about, develop, establish, spawn, propagate, cause, lead to, form, forme US, originate, evolve, breed, occasion

2. Beget

get, beget, bring forth, pull, reproduce, bear, procreate, sire, father, mother

3. Yield

yield, give, earn, return, render

Antonyms

extinguish, annihilate, erase

All antonyms of generate →

Definitions

v. 1
To bring into being; give rise to.
The discussion generated an uproar.
v. 2
To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.
v. 3
To procreate, beget.
They generated many offspring.

Related words

Word family: generatability general generation generative generic genus

Forms

Past participle: generated
e.g. generated → engendered, created, produced, developed…

Example sentences

create New GATT resolutions could create a real shake-up.
produce Your pessimism won't produce any positive results.
develop What does it mean to develop a sound architecture?
beget Ambiguous phrases often beget funny interpretations.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
generate		rising
create		rising
produce		falling
develop		steady
engender		rising

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

By length

3 letters: get¹
4 letters: make¹, give¹, form¹, pull¹, bear¹, earn¹, sire²
5 letters: cause¹, yield¹, breed¹, spawn¹, forme, beget²
6 letters: father², mother², return², create², evolve², render²
7 letters: produce², develop³
8 letters: occasion³, engender³
9 letters: establish³, reproduce³, originate⁴, propagate³, procreate³

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

In other languages

Français: générer
Italiano: generare
Español: generar