Synonyms of engender

engender

verb

in-ˈjen-dər 

1

as in to create

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

a suggestion to go out for pizza that didn't seem to engender any interest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• create
• generate
• cause
• bring
• prompt
• produce
• do
• induce
• spawn
• invoke
• yield
• effectuate
• make
• work
• catalyze
• beget
• effect
• encourage
• result (in)
• promote
• bring about
• translate (into)
• draw on
• give rise to
• found
• introduce
• initiate
• establish
• occasion
• breed
• foster
• bring on
• contribute (to)
• inaugurate
• bring forth
• determine
• cultivate
• develop
• begin
• enact
• render
• launch
• decide
• start
• pioneer
• further
• forward
• conduce (to)
• nurture
• institute
• advance
• nourish
• set
• set up
• innovate
• turn out
• father

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restrict
• impede
• limit
• quash
• stifle
• suppress
• quell
• repress
• dampen
• inhibit
• restrain
• subdue
• smother
• crush
• control
• put down
• curb
• check
• arrest
• retard
• kill
• can
• squelch
• rein (in)
• destroy
• crack down (on)
• abolish
• extinguish
• squash
• clamp down (on)
• quench
• liquidate
• still
• demolish
• snuff (out)

2

as in to originate

to come into existence

feelings of confidence and independence that were only just beginning to engender within her

Synonyms & Similar Words

• originate
• begin
• arise
• commence
• start
• appear
• be
• emerge
• form
• materialize
• exist
• set in
• actualize
• arrive
• live
• break
• spring
• continue
• breathe
• dawn
• last
• subsist
• endure
• persist
• survive
• coalesce
• cohere
• come on
• shape (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cease
• stop
• end
• terminate
• conclude
• halt
• discontinue
• finish
• disappear
• dissolve
• quit
• vanish
• die
• desist
• evaporate
• depart
• expire
• perish
• pass away

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of engender

Sinclair’s understanding of the workings of the motion picture industry did not engender confidence. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

Their completion will engender an improvement in takings across the board; Barca expect Espai Barca, the overarching project which takes in the Camp Nou extension and improvement, will generate an additional €250m in annual revenues once finished. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Strep throat, stomach ulcers and the like do not engender debates as to their existence. — Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2026

This enthusiasm could be partly explained by the band’s unexpected reunion, but brief inserts of footage from Oasis’ triumphant shows at Knebworth in 1996 suggest that the Mancunian band engenders a type of fandom of a particularly feverish kind. — Elena Lazic, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

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