Synonyms of produce

produce 1 of 2

verb

prə-ˈdüs 

1

as in to create

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

hopefully, the new approach to fighting substance abuse will produce better results

Synonyms & Similar Words

• create
• generate
• cause
• bring
• do
• prompt
• yield
• work
• induce
• spawn
• make
• invoke
• effectuate
• effect
• bring about
• result (in)
• catalyze
• translate (into)
• draw on
• beget
• give rise to
• found
• promote
• breed
• introduce
• engender
• encourage
• bring on
• bring forth
• develop
• occasion
• contribute (to)
• establish
• initiate
• determine
• begin
• launch
• inaugurate
• cultivate
• decide
• render
• pioneer
• start
• enact
• institute
• foster
• set up
• forward
• set
• conduce (to)
• further
• innovate
• nurture
• turn out
• advance
• nourish
• father

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restrict
• limit
• impede
• suppress
• stifle
• subdue
• quash
• repress
• control
• quell
• smother
• inhibit
• put down
• dampen
• restrain
• check
• crush
• curb
• kill
• can
• arrest
• retard
• destroy
• rein (in)
• squelch
• squash
• crack down (on)
• still
• abolish
• liquidate
• extinguish
• clamp down (on)
• demolish
• quench
• snuff (out)

2

as in to deliver

to bring forth from the womb

rabbits can potentially produce many offspring at once

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deliver
• have
• mother
• generate
• birth
• give birth to
• bear
• reproduce
• drop
• get
• spawn
• propagate
• breed
• labor
• multiply
• beget
• sire
• father
• litter
• kindle
• kid
• calve
• pup
• whelp
• kitten

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose
• abort
• miscarry

3

as in to make

to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials

a factory producing steel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• make
• manufacture
• create
• form
• build
• construct
• assemble
• fabricate
• organize
• fashion
• frame
• put together
• craft
• shape
• establish
• erect
• structure
• make up
• set up
• raise
• invent
• throw up
• forge
• originate
• design
• devise
• hew
• put up
• mold
• knock out
• visualize
• rear
• institute
• conceive
• handcraft
• patch (together)
• imagine
• contrive
• mint
• envisage
• concoct
• think (up)
• cook (up)
• prefabricate
• remake
• father
• picture
• cobble (together or up)
• remanufacture
• refashion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantle
• destroy
• eradicate
• break up
• abolish
• disassemble
• extinguish
• ruin
• annihilate
• flatten
• smash
• exterminate
• take apart
• demolish
• shatter
• explode
• wreck
• devastate
• dismember
• blow up
• pulverize
• raze

4

as in to display

to present so as to invite notice or attention

he produced his brand-new driver's license at every possible opportunity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• display
• show
• exhibit
• unveil
• expose
• flash
• announce
• wave
• flaunt
• show off
• parade
• sport
• advertise
• reveal
• lay out
• strut
• proclaim
• flourish
• discover
• publicize
• broadcast
• disport
• divulge
• tell (of)
• air
• brandish
• sound
• uncover
• post
• herald
• talk (about)
• bare
• blaze
• unmask
• trumpet
• placard
• uncloak

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disguise
• mask
• camouflage
• cover
• conceal
• hide
• obscure
• curtain
• occlude
• veil
• enshroud
• occult
• shroud

produce

2 of 2

noun

ˈprō-(ˌ)düs 

as in production

something produced by physical or intellectual effort

a book that was the produce of a lifetime of study on the subject

Synonyms & Similar Words

• production
• yield
• product
• work
• output
• result
• fruit
• resultant
• labor
• handiwork
• outcome
• object
• affair
• thing
• merchandise
• commodity
• goods
• article
• entry
• effect
• wares
• development
• offspring
• consequence
• issue
• sequence
• handcraft
• handicraft
• sequel
• derivative
• line
• conclusion
• corollary
• side effect
• by-product
• aftermath
• outgrowth
• upshot
• spin-off
• residual
• offshoot
• aftereffect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of produce

Verb

Located on a 432-acre site, the power plant features a single pressurized water reactor and uses a Westinghouse turbine generator to produce upto 725 MW of electricity. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

Lawyers can spend less time producing and more time exercising judgment, the part of the job that has always carried the real value, even when it was buried under production. — Charles Lew, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Noun

Spices, fresh produce and some specialty sauces are often less expensive in international markets than in mainstream grocery stores. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026

Taylor Farms works with hundreds of family farms for its produce and handles processing, packaging and distribution itself. — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026