Synonyms of spawned

spawned

verb

past tense of spawn

as in created

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

these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• created
• caused
• brought
• generated
• prompted
• produced
• did
• yielded
• worked
• invoked
• induced
• engendered
• made
• effected
• catalyzed
• occasioned
• brought about
• brought on
• resulted (in)
• brought forth
• bred
• translated (into)
• introduced
• gave rise to
• begot
• effectuated
• encouraged
• drew on
• promoted
• launched
• inaugurated
• initiated
• founded
• pioneered
• contributed (to)
• developed
• began
• established
• fostered
• started
• instituted
• determined
• decided
• cultivated
• enacted
• rendered
• nurtured
• forwarded
• conduced (to)
• set up
• fathered
• set
• innovated
• furthered
• turned out
• advanced
• nourished

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limited
• restricted
• impeded
• suppressed
• crushed
• stifled
• controlled
• quashed
• smothered
• checked
• dampened
• inhibited
• repressed
• arrested
• killed
• subdued
• put down
• retarded
• restrained
• destroyed
• curbed
• squashed
• squelched
• quelled
• abolished
• extinguished
• canned
• clamped down (on)
• stilled
• demolished
• liquidated
• cracked down (on)
• reined (in)
• quenched
• snuffed (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spawned

The case spawned international headlines, podcasts, books and documentaries. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

This isn’t Bailey’s first time working with the Monarch Media team, having co-written the company’s coming-of-age film A Week Away, which spawned the Angel Network series of the same name. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

In 2025, Your Local Epidemiologist spawned The Evidence Collective, and Marnik was hired as executive director this year. — Felice J. Freyer, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026

The Fast and the Furious spawned a massive film franchise, with a 12th film, Fast Forever, expected in 2028. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

The Row’s comb necklace graced the runway a few seasons ago and spawned the creation of many more. — Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026

The chicken finger-only restaurant has spawned similar concepts like Raising Cane’s, which opened its fourth South Carolina restaurant in Rock Hill in February, the Rock Hill Herald reported. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026

Prior to the big Disney-Fox merger of 2019, 20th Century Fox launched a live-action X-Men movie in 2000 that spawned an entire franchise of films. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Aug. 2026

But their approach has also spawned backlash to the backlash, with some calling on McCarty to put a stop to the disruptions. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026