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

Vancouver’s model spawned dozens of injection sites across Canada. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

Wildfires in a Utah national forest spawned massive spinning towers of smoke, prompting evacuations in a nearby town. — Gina Park, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

The move spawned federal labor and antitrust litigation with a group that included Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees, and resulted in a new CBA that largely favored the league. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 July 2026

The new program, incorporating consultants’ advice on how leading companies are deploying AI, has spawned 50 initiatives. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 24 July 2026

The success of Ascend West Virginia has already spawned a collection of spinoffs aimed at luring out-of-staters and retaining local talent. — Scott Neuman, NPR, 24 July 2026

The nova also spawned a thick disc of dust that completely obscured the binary star system. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026

That outbreak spawned nearly two dozen tornadoes statewide and is remembered as the fifth-largest outbreak in state history. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 21 July 2026

This approach is somewhat patterned on other national issues that have spawned a plethora of state-level laws. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026