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(Entry 1 of 2)

as in generation, breeding

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for spawning

begetting,
breeding,
generation,
procreation,
siring

conception

family way,
gestation,
gravidity,
pregnancy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for spawning

barrenness,
infertility

spawning

verb

present participle of spawn

Synonyms & Antonyms of spawning (Entry 2 of 2)

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

these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting

Synonyms for spawning

Words Related to spawning

conducing (to),
contributing (to)

deciding,
determining

beginning,
establishing,
fathering,
founding,
inaugurating,
initiating,
innovating,
instituting,
introducing,
launching,
pioneering,
setting,
setting up,
starting

advancing,
cultivating,
developing,
encouraging,
forwarding,
fostering,
furthering,
nourishing,
nurturing,
promoting

enacting,
rendering,
turning out

Phrases Synonymous with spawning

bringing forth,
giving rise to

Near Antonyms for spawning

impeding,
limiting,
restricting

clamping down (on),
cracking down (on),
crushing,
dampening,
putting down,
quashing,
quelling,
repressing,
smothering,
squashing,
squelching,
stifling,
subduing,
suppressing

arresting,
checking,
controlling,
curbing,
inhibiting,
reining (in),
restraining,
retarding

canning
[slang],
killing,
snuffing (out),
stilling

abolishing,
demolishing,
destroying,
extinguishing,
liquidating,
quenching

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