Synonyms for spawn

Most common

generate · evolve

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Antonyms

kill, liquidate, despawn

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

   A frog spawns thousands of tadpoles every year.

2. n. 1

   The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.

Related words

Word family

spawner

Phrases

crotch spawn spawn eater spawn point

Forms

Plural

spawns → eggs, seeds, roes…

Past participle

spawned
e.g. spawned → produced, generated, engendered, created…

Example sentences

• generate This is going to generate more traffic in Algiers.
• evolve I think we can evolve from our tribalist impulses.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

egg¹, roe¹

4 letters

seed¹

5 letters

issue², breed¹, beget²

6 letters

create², evolve²

7 letters

produce², develop³

8 letters

generate³, engender³, contrive²

9 letters

originate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (issue² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

frayer

Deutsch

freimachen

Català

obrir