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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: | bear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give birth |
| Synonyms: | beget, breed, create, develop, engender, form, fructify, generate, invent, make, produce, propagate, provide, reproduce, yield, be delivered of, bring forth, parturitate |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
| Antonyms: | be unproductive |
| 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: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
| Synonyms: | activate, actualize, break the ice*, bring about, bring to pass, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lead, make, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, prepare, produce, set up, trigger, undertake, break ground, get going, give birth to, give impulse, lay foundation for, make active, plunge into, set about, set in motion |
| Antonyms: | complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; occur |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arise, befall, betide, break, break out, breed, chance, come about, come off, commence, contract, ensue, establish, follow, form, generate, go, happen, invest, originate, pick up, result, start, transpire |
| Antonyms: | cease, discontinue, end, halt, stop |
| 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 |
| 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: | get |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce offspring |
| Synonyms: | beget, breed, generate, procreate, produce, propagate, sire |
| 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: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce, advance |
| Synonyms: | adduce, allege, bear, cite, deposit, generate, lodge, offer, present, submit, yield, bring forth, bring forward, put forward |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, build |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, adjust, arrange, assemble, beget, brew, bring about, cause, compose, conceive, constitute, construct, cook, cook up*, draw on, dream up, effect, engender, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, generate, hatch, initiate, invent, knock off*, manufacture, mold, occasion, originate, parent, prepare, procreate, produce, put together, secure, shape, spawn, synthesize, whip, dash off, get ready, give rise to, lead to, tear off, throw together, whip out |
| Antonyms: | crush, destroy, raze, ruin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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