Synonyms of creating

creating

verb

present participle of create

as in generating

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

it was your negligence that created this mess

Synonyms & Similar Words

• generating
• bringing
• causing
• producing
• doing
• prompting
• spawning
• working
• making
• inducing
• effecting
• yielding
• invoking
• catalyzing
• bringing about
• introducing
• promoting
• effectuating
• engendering
• breeding
• giving rise to
• resulting (in)
• translating (into)
• drawing on
• encouraging
• establishing
• begetting
• occasioning
• developing
• bringing on
• initiating
• bringing forth
• launching
• determining
• inaugurating
• contributing (to)
• instituting
• fostering
• pioneering
• cultivating
• enacting
• starting
• beginning
• founding
• deciding
• furthering
• rendering
• nurturing
• advancing
• setting
• innovating
• forwarding
• conducing (to)
• setting up
• nourishing
• fathering
• turning out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limiting
• restricting
• impeding
• controlling
• suppressing
• crushing
• checking
• stifling
• repressing
• inhibiting
• subduing
• restraining
• quashing
• smothering
• curbing
• arresting
• quelling
• dampening
• retarding
• killing
• putting down
• destroying
• squashing
• squelching
• abolishing
• extinguishing
• cracking down (on)
• liquidating
• demolishing
• clamping down (on)
• quenching
• canning
• reining (in)
• stilling
• snuffing (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of creating

Last year, Holscher and Corson both voted to approve a 20-year sales tax exemptions for developers who commit to investing $250 million and creating at least 20 permanent jobs. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026

Creator culture can imitate the feeling of belonging without creating the lasting structure of belonging. — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Lario stressed that hunger and conflict often reinforce one another, creating a cycle that is difficult to break without greater stability. — ABC News, 21 July 2026

The three companies are creating a new engine to meet the high power, propulsion, and cooling needs of the future fighter. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

This serves as the first observational evidence that the same mechanisms that allow galaxies to grow and cluster, creating the largest structures in the universe, also shape their magnetic fields. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 July 2026

Iran’s new energy weapon Following the start of US- and Israeli-led attacks on February 28, Iran almost immediately declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, creating the largest oil supply shock in history. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

That’s because commercial electrodes are prefabricated and then applied to the skin, creating an air gap that weakens sensor readings. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026

Daylight Saving Time begins on March 8 and moves the clock forward one hour creating longer evenings and darker mornings. — Mary Ella Hastings july 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026