Synonyms of reproduce

reproduce

verb

ˌrē-prə-ˈdüs 

1

as in to propagate

to bring forth offspring

mice reproduce at a much faster rate than humans do

Synonyms & Similar Words

• propagate
• multiply
• breed
• produce
• generate
• procreate
• spawn
• have
• hatch
• parent
• mother
• get
• engender
• beget
• bear
• sire
• gender

2

as in to replicate

to make an exact likeness of

you'll have to reproduce that design on every tile in the bathroom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• replicate
• copy
• render
• imitate
• duplicate
• clone
• reconstruct
• simulate
• reduplicate
• mimic
• copycat
• forge
• counterfeit
• rip off
• re-create
• fake
• knock off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• create
• originate
• imagine
• initiate
• invent

3

as in to remember

to bring back to mind

I can almost reproduce the information in my head, but not quite

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remember
• recall
• recollect
• mind
• think (of)
• extract
• recapture
• remind
• hark back (to)
• flash back (to)
• hearken back (to)
• harken back (to)
• evoke
• reminisce (about)
• recur
• elicit
• represent
• relive
• educe
• raise

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forget
• ignore
• unlearn
• lose
• disregard
• overlook
• neglect
• miss
• disremember
• misremember
• blank (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reproduce

Instead of just printing the face of the dinosaur, the face line of the ocular nose tendon symbolizing the rabidity of ‘Dinozaurus’ is inserted inside the mesh to reproduce the three-dimensional shape. —Riley Jones, Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026

No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. —Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026

Whether aimed at primary prevention or responding after child abuse or neglect has been alleged, economic supports fail to address the complex conditions that reproduce both chronic poverty and maltreatment. —Sarah A. Font, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026

Thankfully, Longfellow avoided trying to reproduce Dante’s original terza-rima scheme (in which the last word in the second line of a tercet provides the first and third rhyme of the next tercet). —Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026