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

In Albania, where anger over development in a nature preserve has spawned an antigovernment movement, protesters hurled Molotov cocktails. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026

The group has also spawned multiple side projects, including 50FootWave and Lakuna. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon spawned a wave of anti-Muslim harassment and hate crimes. — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

But the energy crisis spawned by the war has left him grasping for solutions and promising that things will get better. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

The film even spawned a three-film franchise, with the entire trilogy eventually pulling in over one billion dollars in box office bucks. — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026

The storm on Wednesday that may have spawned a tornado was one in a barrage of strong storms across Southern California this week that caused localized flooding, strong rains and high winds, including a swift-water rescue in Los Angeles. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

That tour spawned several viral clips of Faouzia nailing the song’s soaring second chorus and bridge, including these two mid-August posts from her official TikTok account, both of which have collected over 20 million views. — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2026

Sony Pictures Classics released it that April, and the movie became a cult classic that spawned a 2016 sequel entitled Punk’s Dead. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026