Synonyms of create

create

verb

krē-ˈāt 

as in to generate

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

it was your negligence that created this mess

Synonyms & Similar Words

• generate
• bring
• cause
• produce
• do
• prompt
• work
• spawn
• induce
• make
• invoke
• yield
• effectuate
• effect
• catalyze
• bring about
• promote
• draw on
• translate (into)
• introduce
• engender
• result (in)
• encourage
• found
• give rise to
• beget
• breed
• establish
• bring forth
• bring on
• initiate
• develop
• contribute (to)
• occasion
• determine
• inaugurate
• begin
• launch
• cultivate
• decide
• foster
• enact
• start
• pioneer
• render
• institute
• set
• set up
• forward
• conduce (to)
• further
• innovate
• nurture
• advance
• nourish
• turn out
• father

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restrict
• limit
• impede
• suppress
• quash
• stifle
• subdue
• quell
• control
• repress
• dampen
• restrain
• smother
• inhibit
• check
• crush
• put down
• curb
• can
• kill
• destroy
• arrest
• retard
• squelch
• rein (in)
• abolish
• squash
• crack down (on)
• extinguish
• still
• liquidate
• demolish
• clamp down (on)
• quench
• snuff (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of create

Every extra dollar went toward our goal of creating a life with more freedom, access to nature and quality time together as a family. — Alicia Sanchez, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

That year, the government released its emergency rice reserves for the first time since the reserve system was created in 1995, something that was normally kept for natural disasters. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino and architect Stefano Baisi have spent nearly a decade creating worlds together. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2026

Belk said nor’easters are not unusual as New England moves into fall, but one concern this early in the season is that leaves remain on the trees, creating more wind resistance. — Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026