Synonyms of beget

beget

verb

bi-ˈget 

1

as in to create

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

one change in the natural environment will beget others

Synonyms & Similar Words

• create
• cause
• generate
• bring
• produce
• prompt
• do
• spawn
• induce
• yield
• invoke
• work
• make
• effectuate
• effect
• engender
• catalyze
• bring about
• draw on
• translate (into)
• result (in)
• give rise to
• encourage
• promote
• introduce
• breed
• found
• bring forth
• bring on
• contribute (to)
• occasion
• establish
• initiate
• inaugurate
• develop
• begin
• foster
• determine
• cultivate
• pioneer
• launch
• decide
• enact
• institute
• start
• render
• conduce (to)
• forward
• nurture
• set up
• further
• father
• innovate
• set
• nourish
• advance
• turn out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impede
• restrict
• limit
• stifle
• suppress
• subdue
• quash
• quell
• restrain
• dampen
• smother
• repress
• inhibit
• crush
• put down
• control
• check
• kill
• curb
• retard
• arrest
• can
• rein (in)
• squelch
• destroy
• squash
• abolish
• crack down (on)
• extinguish
• clamp down (on)
• still
• liquidate
• quench
• demolish
• snuff (out)

2

as in to produce

to become the father of

the racehorse begot several Kentucky Derby winners

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produce
• sire
• spawn
• reproduce
• father
• get
• generate
• propagate
• multiply
• engender
• procreate
• bear
• gender

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of beget

The accolades and ballooning crowds beget a prime slot at Coachella. — Marisa Fox, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026

Distance begets latency; each kilometer of satellite separation adds more microseconds of latency, and those microseconds matter. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026

That creates a positive feedback loop — weaker winds beget more warm water shifting to the east, which weakens winds even more. — Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

To remain an entertainment capital demands consistent reinvention, the showroom’s neon glow begetting the nightclub’s flashing LEDs and so on and so forth. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026