Synonyms of spawn

spawn 1 of 2

noun

as in offspring

the descendants of a person, animal, or plant

sometimes I think those little brats are the spawn of Satan himself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• offspring
• seed
• fruit
• progeny
• child
• family
• get
• issue
• hatch
• posterity
• brood
• litter
• young
• kin
• lineage
• stock
• scion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• parent
• progenitor
• father
• grandfather
• ancestor
• antecedent
• forefather
• forebear
• primogenitor
• forebearer

spawn

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verb

ˈspȯn 

as in to create

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• create
• cause
• generate
• bring
• produce
• prompt
• do
• work
• induce
• invoke
• yield
• make
• effect
• draw on
• translate (into)
• beget
• effectuate
• bring about
• result (in)
• give rise to
• catalyze
• breed
• found
• engender
• encourage
• bring forth
• promote
• introduce
• contribute (to)
• bring on
• initiate
• occasion
• launch
• begin
• develop
• establish
• determine
• inaugurate
• start
• pioneer
• decide
• foster
• cultivate
• render
• set up
• conduce (to)
• enact
• set
• institute
• forward
• further
• turn out
• nurture
• advance
• innovate
• father
• nourish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restrict
• limit
• impede
• suppress
• quash
• subdue
• stifle
• smother
• crush
• control
• put down
• quell
• repress
• check
• kill
• dampen
• curb
• inhibit
• restrain
• retard
• arrest
• rein (in)
• destroy
• can
• squelch
• squash
• crack down (on)
• clamp down (on)
• still
• extinguish
• abolish
• liquidate
• demolish
• quench
• snuff (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spawn

Noun

And the department, after analyzing the lakes to determine which ones had enough shallow water to permit the bass to spawn, stocked some of them, including Basswood Lake, the easternmost big border lake in the Ely area. — Hank Bradshaw, Outdoor Life, 24 June 2026

The average female lionfish spawns around 27,000 eggs every three days, so unsurprisingly, the species quickly spread throughout the Caribbean, up the East Coast and east to the Bahamas. — Rachel Nuwer, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026

Verb

By late summer, the nutritious fish will spawn and then begin to die. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Aug. 2026

For three decades, rap legend and cultural icon Tupac Shakur’s killing has remained one of America’s great unsolved mysteries, spawning countless books, documentaries and long-form investigative journalism pieces. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026