CREATE Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

create

verb

krē-ˈāt

Definition of create next

as in to generate

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) it was your negligence that created this mess

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Recent Examples of create In creating the 2012 divorce special, the writer Christine Ferraro tried to learn from the 1992 episode’s treatment of time. —

Jean Garnett, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026 The tank top has side slits, which create a flowy silhouette that drapes nicely over the pants. —

Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026 The Last of Us was co-created by Craig Mazin and the game’s Neil Druckmann, with Mazin, who served as executive producer/co-showrunner alongside Druckmann in Seasons 1 and 2, as the sole showrunner for Season 3. —

Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026 To create an elevated experience for a 1,000-plus-room property that’s consistent with its high-level service and amenities—from food options to water activities to spa experience—is a feat not for the novice hotelier. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for create

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Some early testers have used Skills to quickly enter prompts to calculate protein macros in a recipe, generate side-by-side comparisons across multiple tabs while shopping, and summarize lengthy documents, Google adds.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2026
The book was completed months before Anthropic’s redlines generated new interest in autonomous-drone swarms and killer robots, but even then the writing was on the wall.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026