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

It is typically thought that generating new traits takes long periods of evolutionary time. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Jackson has had difficulty generating the same enthusiasm among voters as his predecessor, Platner, who consistently held town halls across the state and had a viral social media presence. — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 21 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

The trial became a national obsession – generating furious arguments about the relationship between mental illness and criminal fault, how the medical system fails mothers and how men and women understand one another. — Ross Douthat, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Some studies suggested many dinosaurs were endotherms, generating their own body heat like birds and mammals. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2026

Let the machines do what’s mechanical—generating practice problems, flagging errors, grading the responses that are beyond discussion. — Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Did that decision from a candidate generating some buzz alter the Red Wings’ plans? — Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

The company has also demonstrated a workflow for generating and analyzing multiple hypersonic vehicle configurations from parametric models. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026