Synonyms for generate
ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪtgen·er·ate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. generate

   Synonyms:
   engender, produce, propagate, originate, beget, breed

   Antonyms:
   stifle, extinguish, terminate

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1. generate, bring forthverb

   bring into existence

   "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami"

   Synonyms:
   get, return, give, father, yield, mother, sire, bring forth, beget, render, engender, produce

2. render, yield, return, give, generateverb

   give or supply

   "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"

   Synonyms:
   consecrate, knuckle under, give way, interpret, riposte, devote, chip in, cede, have, afford, collapse, hold, recall, buckle under, supply, try, turn over, ease up, sire, concede, founder, engender, open, hand, gift, render, move over, feed, pay, pass on, picture, soften, deliver, return, bring forth, grant, establish, regress, reelect, contribute, come back, yield, fork up, fork over, hand over, retrovert, give, mother, father, furnish, apply, present, show, make, beget, repay, impart, rejoin, get, devolve, bring back, refund, reach, hark back, relent, retort, submit, depict, fork out, throw, fall in, succumb, dedicate, cave in, give in, bear, turn in, fall, pass, turn back, provide, take back, break, revert, translate, leave, commit, sacrifice, kick in, give back

3. generateverb

   produce (energy)

   "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity"

   Synonyms:
   get, return, give, father, yield, mother, sire, bring forth, beget, render, engender

4. beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forthverb

   make children

   "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

   Synonyms:
   take, cause, make, mystify, experience, develop, draw, have, become, sustain, receive, scram, amaze, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, go, fix, pay back, get under one's skin, stick, suffer, spawn, beat, return, set about, get down, incur, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, fuss, start, arrest, fetch, give, bring, bewilder, mother, induce, buzz off, catch, let, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, breed, capture, find, baffle, produce, start out, pose, vex, aim, perplex, stupefy, gravel, begin, render, father, commence, arrive, set out, convey, acquire, come, pay off, bugger off, overprotect, yield, nonplus

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1. generateverb

   Synonyms:
   beget, procreate, engender, breed, propagate

2. generateverb

   Synonyms:
   produce, form, make

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1. generateverb

   Synonyms:
   procreate, beget, engender, reproduce, originate, produce, propagate

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1. List of paraphrases for "generate":

   generating, produce, create, generation, engender, generates, producing, generated, build, yield, cause, lead

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1. Melissa Kahn:

   The lifetime income disclosure is critical for improving financial literacy, today's 401(k) statement just tells you how much is in your account - and for most people it's more than they've ever seen in their lifetime in one place, so they think they are rich. But when you see what that will generate in income, it's a real wake-up call.

2. Sergio Meza:

   We are looking at a compromised future, we don't talk about that. We don't have the money to generate work here.

3. Stanley Erck:

   I think we have a high level of confidence that that our vaccine will set off the appropriate immune response to generate lots of antibodies.

4. Darren Hammell:

   Part of the solution is distributed generation – systems that generate power closer to where it’s used … there has to be a lot of investment in the grid … the question is where do we spend that money.

5. Stephen Grebing:

   We really looked for a reason why the restrictions were put in place, it might be a little bit of money, because we know that pro and college sports generate big money. It might have been a safety issue. I’ll give the state the benefit of the doubt on that. But we really couldn’t find a bona fide or legitimate reason why they banned high school sports.