Synonyms of generating

generating

verb

present participle of generate

as in creating

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of generating

Beauty, Rhode was generating about $212 million in net sales. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Often, wealthy investors use municipal bonds to diversify their portfolios while generating interest income that is often exempt from federal income taxes. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

Modern marketing has become extraordinarily efficient at generating trial (getting consumers to try a product for the first time). — Keren Novack, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

That’s where the 70-story new tower comes in, generating not only profits for the developer but also a stream of tax dollars that could support the old tower — money that would otherwise go to fund county police, jails, parks and transit. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

The project nearly doubled New Mexico’s wind capacity, to about 7,650 megawatts, and now accounts for roughly 45% of the state’s electricity-generating capacity. — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026

City officials stress that much of that participation would come only after the development is built and generating revenue. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026

The Johnson administration's SMART Tax is already generating revenue and demonstrating the importance of pursuing sustainable revenue sources. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

About 55 to 65 feet (17 to 20 meters) in size, the Chelyabinsk asteroid exploded in the air, releasing 20 to 30 times more energy than that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, and generating brightness greater than the sun. — CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026