Synonyms of induced

induced

verb

past tense of induce

1

as in caused

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

the medication induced labor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• caused
• brought
• created
• generated
• prompted
• produced
• spawned
• did
• effected
• yielded
• worked
• invoked
• occasioned
• engendered
• made
• brought about
• catalyzed
• brought on
• bred
• resulted (in)
• brought forth
• effectuated
• translated (into)
• introduced
• encouraged
• gave rise to
• drew on
• promoted
• begot
• inaugurated
• initiated
• contributed (to)
• determined
• began
• founded
• launched
• decided
• established
• developed
• pioneered
• instituted
• fostered
• started
• enacted
• rendered
• cultivated
• forwarded
• nurtured
• conduced (to)
• set up
• advanced
• turned out
• furthered
• set
• fathered
• innovated
• nourished

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restricted
• limited
• impeded
• suppressed
• controlled
• inhibited
• crushed
• repressed
• stifled
• subdued
• arrested
• smothered
• dampened
• quashed
• restrained
• checked
• put down
• killed
• retarded
• curbed
• quelled
• squelched
• destroyed
• squashed
• abolished
• extinguished
• stilled
• clamped down (on)
• canned
• liquidated
• cracked down (on)
• quenched
• reined (in)
• demolished
• snuffed (out)

2

as in persuaded

to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests

finally induced the eyewitness to the gangland slaying to cooperate with the police

Synonyms & Similar Words

• persuaded
• convinced
• brought
• satisfied
• got
• urged
• converted
• attracted
• moved
• gained
• prevailed (on or upon)
• argued
• brought around
• coaxed
• won (over)
• prompted
• talked (into)
• tempted
• enticed
• seduced
• influenced
• lured
• cajoled
• exhorted
• entreated
• sold
• inclined
• wheedled
• allured
• beguiled
• swayed
• brainwashed
• led on
• interested
• discussed
• snowed
• blandished
• overpersuaded
• conversed
• blarneyed
• drew
• fast-talked
• mooted
• debated
• disputed
• reasoned (with)
• chewed over
• hashed (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discouraged
• deterred
• dissuaded
• unsold

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of induced

To find out, the team induced brief artificial hibernation in mice engineered as an epilepsy model, just before seizures had developed in the animals. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026

Yet these subjects are often united by a kind of nostalgia—or more precisely, the kind of nostalgia induced by pop culture artifacts. — Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 22 Aug. 2026

Za’Darius Smith — the newest product of injury- and suspension-induced pass rush panic in Flowery Branch — turns 34 in a couple weeks. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Scott induced a pop-up to shortstop Mookie Betts to end the game and earn his team-leading 17th save. — Owen Perkins, Oc Register, 19 Aug. 2026

The main thing to know is an athlete cannot be induced to transfer for athletic purposes. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026

But fewer of us recall the nightmares induced by Return to Oz (1985), Disney’s loopy and genuinely frightening stab at a sequel. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026

Nick Loftin then doubled in the third before Caglianone hit his 21st homer of the season to right, smashing a hanging slider for a 410-foot shot that induced grumbles from the stands. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

There was darkness, and then the sound of jangling keys, which induced terror. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026