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create

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Synonyms & Antonyms of create

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

it was your negligence that created this mess

Synonyms for create

beget,
breed,
bring,
bring about,
bring on,
catalyze,
cause,
do,
draw on,
effect,
effectuate,
engender,
generate,
induce,
invoke,
make,
occasion,
produce,
prompt,
result (in),
spawn,
translate (into),
work,
yield

Words Related to create

conduce (to),
contribute (to)

decide,
determine

begin,
establish,
father,
found,
inaugurate,
initiate,
innovate,
institute,
introduce,
launch,
pioneer,
set,
set up,
start

advance,
cultivate,
develop,
encourage,
forward,
foster,
further,
nourish,
nurture,
promote

enact,
render,
turn out

Phrases Synonymous with create

bring forth,
give rise to

Near Antonyms for create

impede,
limit,
restrict

clamp down (on),
crack down (on),
crush,
dampen,
put down,
quash,
quell,
repress,
smother,
squash,
squelch,
stifle,
subdue,
suppress

arrest,
check,
control,
curb,
inhibit,
rein (in),
restrain,
retard

can
[slang],
kill,
snuff (out),
still

abolish,
demolish,
destroy,
extinguish,
liquidate,
quench

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Thesaurus Entries Near create

creasing

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created

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