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as in generation, procreation

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for begetting

breeding,
generation,
procreation,
siring,
spawning

conception

family way,
gestation,
gravidity,
pregnancy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for begetting

barrenness,
infertility

begetting

verb

present participle of beget

Synonyms & Antonyms of begetting (Entry 2 of 2)

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

one change in the natural environment will beget others

Synonyms for begetting

Words Related to begetting

conducing (to),
contributing (to)

deciding,
determining

beginning,
establishing,
fathering,
founding,
inaugurating,
initiating,
innovating,
instituting,
introducing,
launching,
pioneering,
setting,
setting up,
starting

advancing,
cultivating,
developing,
encouraging,
forwarding,
fostering,
furthering,
nourishing,
nurturing,
promoting

enacting,
rendering,
turning out

Phrases Synonymous with begetting

bringing forth,
giving rise to

Near Antonyms for begetting

impeding,
limiting,
restricting

clamping down (on),
cracking down (on),
crushing,
dampening,
putting down,
quashing,
quelling,
repressing,
smothering,
squashing,
squelching,
stifling,
subduing,
suppressing

arresting,
checking,
controlling,
curbing,
inhibiting,
reining (in),
restraining,
retarding

canning
[slang],
killing,
snuffing (out),
stilling

abolishing,
demolishing,
destroying,
extinguishing,
liquidating,
quenching

2 to become the father of

the racehorse begot several Kentucky Derby winners

Synonyms for begetting

fathering,
getting,
siring

Words Related to begetting

multiplying,
procreating,
propagating,
reproducing,
spawning

bearing,
engendering,
gendering,
generating,
producing

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