Synonyms of occasioned

occasioned

verb

past tense of occasion

as in caused

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

the announcement concerning the change in scheduling occasioned much confusion

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of occasioned

The nuptials of Jack Karaszewski and Danica Kleinknecht occasioned the big debut. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026

In the Review’s October 22 issue, Matthew Aucoin surveys Philip Glass’s six-decade musical career, occasioned by the premiere of his new symphony, Lincoln, at Tanglewood this past summer. — Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2026

This shift occasioned the profligate production that would mark her oeuvre, with Kusama going on to make hundreds of paintings in which forests of lines and dots cradled variously floral and phallic figures. — News Desk, Artforum, 27 Aug. 2026

That occasioned the steroids and probably caused the stroke. — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026

In the sumptuousness of the bibliophile’s parlor, studying Black history occasioned reverent, joyous gatherings. — Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026

The rankings are based on a three-year average, which smooths out spikes and dips occasioned by big events such as war or financial downturns. — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026

And so our entry into 2026 has occasioned the traditional visit to the photo archives. — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2026

Sondheim’s death, in 2021, has occasioned a flurry of books about his life and his singular influence on musical theatre. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025