Synonyms of generate

generate

verb

ˈje-nə-ˌrāt 

as in to create

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

his rabble-rousing speech generated a lot of controversy among local taxpayers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of generate

Loaves and Fishes expands healthy food access Loaves & Fishes Community Services is using a federal community development tool that is expected to generate about $2 million to help the organization expand access to healthy food. — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Users will be able to build a tracklist of up to 46 minutes from their Suno library, then either upload their own album artwork or generate it on the platform for the sleeve, labels and cover. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

And a recent college graduate at a marketing firm may begin their new job by evaluating campaign ideas generated by AI, as opposed to sitting down to draft an idea entirely on their own or with colleagues. — Murugan Anandarajan, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

The two layers overlap to generate a moiré effect, a pattern that shifts with the movement of the viewer. — Lauren Sinclair, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2026