SIRING Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

That’s why the researchers say the tool could be useful for rescuing endangered species with a few individuals left—scientists could create fertile breeding pairs using just one male donor.

— Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026
In other words, were people intentionally picking the most desirable plants for breeding?

— Ornob Alam, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

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Verb

These showers and storms will be very efficient at producing heavy rainfall.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026
And considering scoring has been at a premium for Florida — the Panthers have nine goals through five games — Maurice might have been hesitant to fully dismantle a group that’s producing.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of producing

Noun

From directors, co-writers and real-life married couple Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer, the feature has taken on a life of its own since social media and the meme-spawning corner of the internet happened upon this intimately made indie.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Hurricane Isaias made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Saturday, spawning tornadoes, destroying buildings and downing power lines across the Gulf region.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 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

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The reasons for this planet-wide drop in procreation, however, are hard to pin down and hotly debated, and, like most other big questions in the United States, they have been absorbed into larger culture-war arguments.

— Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
For those not familiar with the term, anti-natalism is a philosophical stance that views life as unacceptably full of suffering and procreation as a morally indefensible thing.

— Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 6 July 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

That approach indicates that Cardsmiths isn’t exclusively reproducing the card but offering its own take.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026
It was found able to self-replicate via cell division at a temperature of 63 degrees Celsius (145 degrees Fahrenheit) and was still fully active, albeit no longer reproducing, at 64 degrees C (147 degrees F).

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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