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

Lee presented a teaser of upcoming series Rendering Love, produced by MBC C&I and Barunson E&A, which combines live-action scenes filmed the traditional way with AI generated characters to tell the story of a virtual K-pop group. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026

Guys such as Strahm, Hunter Harvey and Bailey Falter didn’t produce enough to justify their lofty contracts. — Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026

Noun

Crystle Roberson Dorsey directs and executive produces, with Nissa Diederich, Karl Frankenfield, Scott Robertson, Todd Kubrak, Tanase Popa, Naomi Watts, Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman, Eric Newman & Bryan Unkeless, and Max Winkler executive producing. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Adele Lim, who co-wrote the film, is showrunning what will be an hour-long original drama series and executive produce. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026