Synonyms of creates

creates

verb

present tense third-person singular of create

as in generates

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

it was your negligence that created this mess

Synonyms & Similar Words

• generates
• brings
• causes
• produces
• prompts
• does
• spawns
• induces
• invokes
• works
• makes
• yields
• engenders
• catalyzes
• begets
• effects
• brings about
• promotes
• introduces
• translates (into)
• encourages
• gives rise to
• draws on
• effectuates
• brings on
• breeds
• occasions
• brings forth
• results (in)
• establishes
• initiates
• founds
• inaugurates
• determines
• develops
• fosters
• contributes (to)
• launches
• begins
• cultivates
• renders
• enacts
• starts
• decides
• furthers
• nourishes
• conduces (to)
• institutes
• nurtures
• innovates
• fathers
• sets
• sets up
• turns out
• advances
• pioneers
• forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restricts
• impedes
• limits
• suppresses
• inhibits
• stifles
• dampens
• represses
• controls
• subdues
• smothers
• restrains
• crushes
• squashes
• checks
• curbs
• arrests
• kills
• destroys
• reins (in)
• puts down
• retards
• quells
• quashes
• abolishes
• squelches
• extinguishes
• cracks down (on)
• clamps down (on)
• demolishes
• liquidates
• cans
• quenches
• stills
• snuffs (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of creates

To see how this spread creates randomness throughout the world, consider an ordinary coin-flip experiment again. — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

The Republican president signed an executive order that creates a new women’s health division at the National Institutes of Health and a White House task force to focus on the issue. — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Its location creates one of Spain's most distinctive possibilities for eclipse photography. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Blazy’s collection this season references an unstructured 1920s silhouette, while this style’s homage to the house’s boucle tweed, embellished with paillettes, creates a thoroughly modern evening look. — Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026

This creates a more conductive pathway, reducing the material's electrical resistance. — New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026

Mana creates value for a future developer by putting together large assemblages and leaving them largely undeveloped, Karp said. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

Though thousands of people work at the company’s headquarters in Hamburg, this cadre of just over 60 metalworkers, gem-setters, nib-makers, and other specialists creates its most technically demanding and intricate writing instruments. — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026

That, in turn, creates incentives to manage the firm carefully with an eye toward long-term survival. — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026