SIRING Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

siring 1 of 2

noun

as in breeding

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verb

present participle of sire

as in producing

to become the father of the champion racehorse went on to sire a long line of winners

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Noun

The law capped the number of breeding dogs in a single operation at 50 and required rest between breeding cycles.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
Now, close to 70 years into this long-running breeding project, scientists have pinpointed a specific type of brain cell linked with changes in the foxes’ behavior.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of breeding

Verb

Federal research funding supports jobs and businesses while producing discoveries and training the workforce on which private industry depends.

— Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Founded, in 1974, by the animator Tatsuo Shimamura, Shirogumi originally specialized in producing effects for television commercials, in addition to making films for special events and expositions.

— Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of producing

Noun

With the help of federal funding, scientists gathered a handful of wild eggs during the summer spawning season, brought them back to the lab to incubate, then nurtured the fragile fry in specialized aquariums, away from predators and other threats.

— Rachel Ramirez, Vox, 12 Nov. 2026
Males develop a striking, iridescent blue coloring, particularly during spawning, while females are generally olive-green.

— Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of spawning

Verb

There is a quiet revolution going on in America, and definitely in Atlanta, in how contemporary men are fathering.

— Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 18 June 2026
Shi was also alleged to have committed criminal offenses and violated Buddhist precepts by maintaining relationships with multiple women over a long period and fathering at least one child, according to a notice from the temple’s authority on its WeChat account at that time.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026

Definition of fathering

Noun

After a global famine, survivors form a ruthless regime to colonize Indigenous land for agriculture and punish unsanctioned procreation with death.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
Reproductive tourism is the business of breaking procreation into distinct components that can be routed around regulations and assembled at the end to result in a baby.

— Amanda Erickson, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of procreation

Verb

The stock market crashed in 1929, begetting federal securities regulations including the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission — in 1934.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Nelson took 12 years to get the project made, and that labor-of-love aspect shows in the soulfulness and meticulous care the writer-director brings to this unsettling story of violence begetting violence, based on actual events.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of begetting

Verb

Since 2022, the parasites have been reproducing and moving farther northward.

— Eric Michel, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026
On orchestral tracks like the opening scene to John Adams's The Gospel According to the Other Mary, the earbuds did a decent job of reproducing the overall sound.

— Christian de Looper, PC Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

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