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creating

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present participle of create

Synonyms & Antonyms of creating

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

it was your negligence that created this mess

Synonyms for creating

Words Related to creating

conducing (to),
contributing (to)

deciding,
determining

beginning,
establishing,
fathering,
founding,
inaugurating,
initiating,
innovating,
instituting,
introducing,
launching,
pioneering,
setting,
setting up,
starting

advancing,
cultivating,
developing,
encouraging,
forwarding,
fostering,
furthering,
nourishing,
nurturing,
promoting

enacting,
rendering,
turning out

Phrases Synonymous with creating

bringing forth,
giving rise to

Near Antonyms for creating

impeding,
limiting,
restricting

clamping down (on),
cracking down (on),
crushing,
dampening,
putting down,
quashing,
quelling,
repressing,
smothering,
squashing,
squelching,
stifling,
subduing,
suppressing

arresting,
checking,
controlling,
curbing,
inhibiting,
reining (in),
restraining,
retarding

canning
[slang],
killing,
snuffing (out),
stilling

abolishing,
demolishing,
destroying,
extinguishing,
liquidating,
quenching

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