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 film spawned the sequels Ocean’s 12 in 2004 and 2007’s Ocean’s 13, in which both of them reprised their roles. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

Always negotiating between interior life and attention, Yayoi Kusama had a late fame that spawned long lines and an Instagrammable way of experiencing art. — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

Their beacon also recorded the chain of parent processes that spawned each install, ultimately revealing that coding agents, including Claude, OpenAI’s Codex, and Nous Research’s Hermes, were involved. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Biologists fear the fish spawned farther upriver from the site, even closer to Lake Michigan. — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2026

South Florida’s turbulent weather since the weekend that killed a mother and her daughter, spawned an Everglades wildfire, and mixed heat with storms looks to remain unsettled — including for Friday’s Miami Dolphins home game. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

The film earned $340 million globally and spawned 2000 prequel The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, which did not see the cast return. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

The trend has spawned an entire dorm-design industry and a steady stream of elaborate room reveals on TikTok and Instagram. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

But back to De Niro, and how those vertical food deliveries spawned a hospitality empire. — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026