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| Main Entry: | generate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce, create |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring to pass, cause, develop, effect, engender, form, found, get up, hatch, inaugurate, induce, initiate, institute, introduce, make, multiply, muster, occasion, originate, parent, perform, procreate, propagate, provoke, reproduce, set up, spawn, whip up*, work up, give birth to, give rise to |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beget |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, bear |
| Synonyms: | afford, breed, bring, bring about, cause, effect, engender, father, generate, get, multiply, occasion, procreate, produce, propagate, reproduce, sire, give rise to, progenerate, result in |
| Main Entry: | bring about |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause success |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, beget, bring to pass, compass, create, do, draw on, effect, engender, generate, manage, occasion, produce, realize, secure, succeed, effectuate, give rise to, make happen |
| Antonyms: | halt, kill, stop |
| Main Entry: | bring on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provoke |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, cause, expedite, generate, induce, inspire, occasion, precipitate, prompt, give rise to, lead to |
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into being; bring about |
| Synonyms: | begin, brainstorm*, break in*, break the ice*, breed, bring to pass, come out with*, compel, cook up*, create, dream up*, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, generate, hatch, incite, induce, introduce, kickoff*, kindle, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, revert, secure, work up, be at the bottom of, fire up, get things rolling, give rise to, lead to, result in, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | create |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop in mind or physically |
| Synonyms: | actualize, author, beget, bring to pass, build, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, design, devise, discover, dream up, effect, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, forge, form, formulate, found, generate, hatch, imagine, initiate, institute, invent, invest, make, occasion, organize, originate, parent, perform, plan, procreate, produce, rear, set up, shape, sire, spawn, start, bring into being, bring into existence, cause to be, give birth to, give life to |
| Antonyms: | destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | effect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out, accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, actualize, actuate, begin, bring about, bring off, bring on, buy, carry through, cause, complete, conceive, conclude, consummate, create, do a number, do one's thing, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, draw on, effectuate, enact, enforce, execute, fulfill, generate, get across, get to, give rise to, implement, induce, initiate, invoke, make, make it, make waves, perform, procure, produce, pull it off, put across, realize, render, secure, sell, turn out, turn the trick, unzip, yield |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
| Antonyms: | fail, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | engender |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to happen; cause an action |
| Synonyms: | arouse, beget, breed, bring about, create, develop, excite, foment, generate, hatch, incite, induce, instigate, make, muster, occasion, precipitate, procreate, produce, propagate, provoke, quicken, rouse, spawn, stimulate, stir, work up, bring forth, give birth to, give rise to, lead to |
| Antonyms: | destroy, finish, halt, kill, stop |
| Main Entry: | father |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sire |
| Synonyms: | beget, conceive, create, dream up, engender, establish, found, generate, invent, originate, procreate, produce, spawn, trigger, sow the seeds of |
| Antonyms: | mother |
| Main Entry: | fertilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready to bear, produce |
| Synonyms: | beget, breed, compost, cover, dress, enrich, feed, fructify, generate, germinate, impregnate, inseminate, manure, mulch, pollinate, procreate, propagate, treat, fecundate, lime, make fruitful, make pregnant, top-dress |
| Main Entry: | further |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, lend support |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, back up, bail out*, ballyhoo*, champion, contribute, encourage, engender, expedite, facilitate, forward, foster, generate, hasten, help, patronize, plug, promote, propagate, push, serve, speed, succor, give a boost to, go with, lend a hand, open doors, take care of, work for |
| Antonyms: | block, cease, check, curtail, delay, frustrate, halt, hinder, impede, obstruct, prevent, protest, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | germinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow |
| Synonyms: | bud, develop, generate, live, originate, shoot, sprout, swell, vegetate, pullulate |
| Antonyms: | halt, slow, stop, thwart |
| Main Entry: | hatch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, plan |
| Synonyms: | bear, brainstorm*, breed, brood, cause, come up with, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up*, design, devise, dream up*, engender, formulate, generate, get up, incubate, induce, invent, make, make up, occasion, originate, parent, plot, prepare, procreate, produce, project, provoke, scheme, set, sire, spawn, whip up*, work up*, bring forth, give birth, lay eggs, spitball, think up*, throw together, trump up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | induce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to happen; encourage |
| Synonyms: | abet, activate, actuate, argue into, breed, bring about, bring around, bulldoze*, cajole, cause, coax, convince, draw, draw in, effect, engender, generate, get up, get*, give rise to, goose*, impel, incite, influence, instigate, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, persuade, press, prevail upon, procure, produce, promote, prompt, sell one on, set in motion, soft-soap, squeeze, steamroll, suck in, sway, sweet-talk, talk into*, twist one's arm, urge, wheedle, win over* |
| Antonyms: | discourage, halt, hinder, prevent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | marry and breed |
| Synonyms: | cohabit, copulate, couple, generate, join, land*, match, merge, pair, procreate, serve, tie, tie the knot*, wed, yoke, crossbreed |
| Antonyms: | abstain, uncouple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | multiply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase; reproduce |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, add, aggrandize, aggregate, augment, boost, breed, build up, compound, cube, double, enlarge, expand, extend, generate, heighten, magnify, manifold, mount, populate, procreate, produce, proliferate, propagate, raise, repeat, rise, spread, square |
| Antonyms: | decrease, divide, lessen, reduce |
| Main Entry: | occasion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happen, bring about |
| Synonyms: | breed, cause, create, do, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, generate, hatch, induce, influence, inspire, move, muster, originate, persuade, produce, prompt, provoke, work up, give rise to, lead to |
| Main Entry: | procreate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reproduce |
| Synonyms: | beget, breed, conceive, create, engender, father, generate, get, hatch, impregnate, make, mother, multiply, originate, parent, produce, proliferate, propagate, sire, spawn, give birth to, progenerate |
| Antonyms: | kill |
| Main Entry: | proliferate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase quickly |
| Synonyms: | breed, burgeon, engender, escalate, expand, generate, multiply, mushroom*, procreate, propagate, reproduce, run riot*, grow rapidly, snowball |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease, fall off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce |
| Synonyms: | create, father, generate, hatch, issue, make, mother, originate, parent, procreate, reproduce, sire, bring forth, give rise to |
| Antonyms: | destroy |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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