produce

something produced by physical or intellectual effort a book that was the produce of a lifetime of study on the subject Synonyms of produce affair, fruit, handiwork, labor, output, product, production, thing, work, yieldWords Related to produce article, commodity, entry, object; goods, line, merchandise, wares; handcraft, handicraft; aftereffect, aftermath, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, issue, outcome, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot; by-product, derivative, offshoot, offspring, outgrowth, residual, side effect (also side reaction), spin-off

1 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 of produce beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, effect, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yieldWords Related to produce conduce (to), contribute (to); decide, determine; begin, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, set, set up, start; advance, cultivate, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote; enact, render, turn outNear Antonyms of produce impede, limit, restrict; clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, dampen, put down, quash, quell, repress, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress; arrest, check, control, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain, retard; can [slang], kill, snuff (out), still; abolish, demolish, destroy, extinguish, liquidate, quench

2 to bring forth from the womb rabbits can potentially produce many offspring at once Synonyms of produce birth [chiefly dialect], deliver, drop, have, mother, bearWords Related to produce labor; breed, multiply, propagate, reproduce, spawn; beget, father, generate, get, sire; calve, kid, kindle, kitten, litter, pup, whelpNear Antonyms of produce abort, lose, miscarry

3 to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials a factory producing steel Synonyms of produce fabricate, fashion, form, frame, manufacture, makeWords Related to produce assemble, build, construct, erect, make up, put up, raise, rear, set up, structure, throw up; craft, handcraft; hew; forge, mold, shape; cobble (together or up), knock out, patch (together), throw up; prefabricate; create, invent, mint, originate; establish, father, institute, organize; concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up); conceive, envisage, picture, visualize; refashion, remake, remanufactureNear Antonyms of produce disassemble, dismantle, take apart; break up, dismember; abolish, annihilate, demolish, destroy, devastate, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, flatten, pulverize, raze, ruin, shatter, smash, wreck; blow up, explode

4 to present so as to invite notice or attention he produced his brand-new driver's license at every possible opportunity Synonyms of produce display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, lay out, parade, show, show off, sport, strut, unveilWords Related to produce brandish, flourish, wave; advertise, air, announce, blaze, broadcast, herald, placard, post, proclaim, publicize, sound, trumpet; divulge, talk (about), tell (of); bare, discover, reveal, uncloak, uncover, unmaskNear Antonyms of produce camouflage, disguise, mask; conceal, cover, curtain, enshroud, hide, obscure, occlude, occult, shroud, veil