Synonyms and Antonyms of beget
1
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
- one change in the natural environment will beget others
breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield
conduce (to), contribute (to)
decide, determine
begin, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, set, set up, start
advance, cultivate, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote
enact, render, turn out
impede, limit, restrict
clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, dampen, put down, quash, quell, repress, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress
arrest, check, control, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain, retard
can [slang], kill, snuff (out), still
abolish, demolish, destroy, extinguish, liquidate, quench
2
to become the father of
- the racehorse begot several Kentucky Derby winners
