BEGOT Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

begot

verb

variants also begat

past tense of beget

as in caused

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 sired

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

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Recent Examples of begot From Traitors to Summer House to Love Island USA, the past year in reality TV begat a near-nonstop stream of drama and character arcs to obsess over, analyze and generally opine on. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026 Lestat begat his first love, Nicolas de Lenfent, as well as Louis, Claudia, and another lover, Antoinette. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 June 2026 After the unremarkable Chip Kelly recruiting era, which begat a slight bump under DeShaun Foster, what first-year coach Bob Chesney has done, before coaching a game, has been downright remarkable. — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 9 May 2026 Electric vehicles began growing in popularity a few years ago thanks to sustained investment and policies that begot social and cultural buy-in. — Andrew Zaleski, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026 Elvis Presley begat a slew of admiring rock ‘n’ roll legends, from Bob Dylan to David Bowie. — Kim Willis, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026 This revolution of the Skyactiv system begat the Skyactiv-X engine, which incorporates HCCI (as SPCCI). — New Atlas, 23 Feb. 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 What makes the exhibit work is its new perspective on a loathsome period of world history, one in which the resulting artworks aren’t allowed to suffer just because of the corporate culture that begat them. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026

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The major online retailer Ozon said a drone attack caused a fire to break out at its logistics center in Adygeysk, in Russia's Adygea region, but that there were no casualties.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
Tuesday is election day, meaning that the traffic jams could have caused headaches for some last-minute voters.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

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That flag created a lot of debate, and people studied a slow-mo video and a second view of the penalty.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
The company was created by Palmer Luckey, the founder of the military defense company Anduril Industries, and Ben Lamm, the co-founder of the genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of created

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Scant evidence for a next-gen, destination IVF business A fertility treatment framed as a way to rewind the biological clock has spawned an international medical tourism business — with precious little evidence to back it up.

— Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
The storm formed over the Bay of Bengal, where the warm waters have spawned some of the deadliest cyclones to hit eastern India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of spawned

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The students brought 16 wreaths and 16 red hearts -- one for each victim -- outside the station building.

— MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Better Over Time should give him an opportunity to expunge his anguish and, if not necessarily heal, then find clarity on why his preternatural talent has brought a mixture of blessings and frustration.

— Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of brought

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The civil rights leader claimed Chavez fathered two of her children, who were raised by others after Huerta hid both pregnancies.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Within this supreme divine presence, each child, and every parent, as the spiritual expression of God, is tenderly fathered and mothered.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of fathered

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The Rams, the NFL’s top offense in yards per game, generated only 24 yards in 15 plays during their first five possessions and were zero for five on third down.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
In his hands, their coherence lay elsewhere, in their responsiveness to the situations that generated them.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of generated

Verb

But the difference is that those early records by Hannah Diamond and GFOTY were good—never mind written and produced by humans.

— Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
The Jets have shown flashes of improvement from his 3-14 debut season, but those flashes haven’t produced consistent results.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

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