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

At first, its proliferation seemed to constitute a typical case of Hollywood copycatting; Big Little Lies becomes a smash, wins eight Emmys, begets flimsy imitations that lots of people watch anyway. —Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026

Normally, the automaker’s grand tourers’ alphanumeric names jump by twos between generations; the DB7 begat the DB9, which begat the DB11. —Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2026

Both cases were fodder for a media firestorm, begetting nightly news specials and full-length documentaries. —Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026

But innovation begets more innovation. —Kate Vitasek, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026