BEGETTING Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

begetting 1 of 2

noun

as in procreation

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begetting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of beget

as in creating

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) one change in the natural environment will beget others

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as in siring

to become the father of the racehorse begot several Kentucky Derby winners

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The stock market crashed in 1929, begetting federal securities regulations including the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission — in 1934. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Nelson took 12 years to get the project made, and that labor-of-love aspect shows in the soulfulness and meticulous care the writer-director brings to this unsettling story of violence begetting violence, based on actual events. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 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 War begetting still more war, like some deranged biblical prophecy. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 May 2026 Men begetting men is the story, a kind of immaculate cultural reproduction. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 The discovery, age five, that some people did not live in communities with all goods in common—that in fact for most, home was a locked building full of private property—begat questions still begetting questions at age thirteen. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for begetting

Noun

The reasons for this planet-wide drop in procreation, however, are hard to pin down and hotly debated, and, like most other big questions in the United States, they have been absorbed into larger culture-war arguments.

— Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
For those not familiar with the term, anti-natalism is a philosophical stance that views life as unacceptably full of suffering and procreation as a morally indefensible thing.

— Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 6 July 2026

Definition of procreation

Verb

This has the effect of creating more sunlight hours in the evening during months when the weather is the warmest.

— Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
In our community, parents have been able to make up a portion of the rest, but as the cuts keep piling up, more and more parents are considering leaving the system, creating a cycle of disinvestment.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of creating

Verb

Whether praying together before a game or giving high-fives after touchdowns, the Palos Verdes duo keeps producing on short slants or deep posts.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Eshelman threw for 291 yards while also producing a game-high 136 rushing yards.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of producing

Noun

According to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, the Sacramento area and the Central Valley lie within the monarch butterfly’s early breeding zone.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Lamm told TechCrunch that conventional breeding can produce dogs with poor eyesight or genetic predispositions to cancer.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of breeding

Verb

The popular show took on a life of its own, however, becoming his day job and spawning a Netflix series.

— Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026
The area is still going strong with Hurricane Simon and appears on the verge of spawning another one that will really ramp up in strength, Klotzbach said.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of spawning

Noun

Policymakers in countries with sizable gas reserves — such as Mozambique, Senegal, and Tanzania — will have to balance the benefits of exporting gas against retaining some for electricity generation.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Perhaps this kind of authentic representation of disabled life could be a fixture that younger generations will one day take for granted.

— Rebekah Taussig, Time, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of generation

Verb

Heidi Rackliffe, Avec’s chief program officer, was bringing her team in on weekends to call everybody back.

— Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
By bringing a familiar nameplate into the electric era, VW has a chance to make the transition feel less like a leap into the unknown and more like buying the next version of a car people already understand.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026

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