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

The first, called GIFT-REJECT, keeps alternative CAD programs that generate the correct geometry even if the code differs from the original reference solution. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026

The nations — Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia — generate significant revenue through their programs. — Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 18 July 2026

This voice-of-Google thing—a code I’d cracked for generating corpspeak with personality—slowly became a hot commodity. — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026

Because there’s a massive difference between generating outputs and creating based on understanding. — Adam Taylor, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026