Synonyms of begets

begets

verb

present tense third-person singular of beget

1

as in creates

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

one change in the natural environment will beget others

Synonyms & Similar Words

• creates
• causes
• generates
• brings
• prompts
• produces
• does
• spawns
• induces
• yields
• invokes
• works
• engenders
• catalyzes
• makes
• brings about
• breeds
• effects
• brings forth
• gives rise to
• draws on
• translates (into)
• effectuates
• encourages
• results (in)
• promotes
• occasions
• brings on
• introduces
• contributes (to)
• initiates
• establishes
• fosters
• inaugurates
• begins
• founds
• determines
• develops
• cultivates
• fathers
• launches
• starts
• conduces (to)
• nourishes
• institutes
• decides
• renders
• enacts
• furthers
• nurtures
• sets up
• innovates
• turns out
• advances
• sets
• pioneers
• forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restricts
• impedes
• limits
• suppresses
• stifles
• inhibits
• dampens
• subdues
• represses
• smothers
• controls
• arrests
• crushes
• restrains
• squashes
• kills
• reins (in)
• retards
• curbs
• checks
• puts down
• destroys
• squelches
• quells
• quashes
• abolishes
• extinguishes
• cracks down (on)
• clamps down (on)
• quenches
• cans
• stills
• liquidates
• demolishes
• snuffs (out)

2

as in produces

to become the father of

the racehorse begot several Kentucky Derby winners

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produces
• spawns
• fathers
• sires
• gets
• reproduces
• generates
• propagates
• multiplies
• engenders
• procreates
• bears
• genders