Synonyms of spawning

spawning 1 of 2

noun

as in breeding

Related Words

• breeding
• procreation
• generation
• begetting
• siring
• conception
• pregnancy
• gestation
• family way
• gravidity

Dissimilar Words

• infertility
• barrenness

spawning

2 of 2

verb

present participle of spawn

as in creating

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

these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• creating
• causing
• generating
• bringing
• prompting
• producing
• doing
• working
• inducing
• yielding
• invoking
• breeding
• effecting
• making
• bringing about
• giving rise to
• catalyzing
• begetting
• translating (into)
• resulting (in)
• drawing on
• engendering
• promoting
• occasioning
• introducing
• effectuating
• encouraging
• bringing forth
• bringing on
• launching
• initiating
• contributing (to)
• establishing
• developing
• determining
• founding
• inaugurating
• beginning
• starting
• pioneering
• fostering
• instituting
• cultivating
• deciding
• rendering
• enacting
• nurturing
• advancing
• furthering
• conducing (to)
• setting
• fathering
• forwarding
• innovating
• setting up
• turning out
• nourishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limiting
• restricting
• impeding
• controlling
• crushing
• suppressing
• checking
• smothering
• stifling
• repressing
• killing
• inhibiting
• subduing
• quashing
• restraining
• arresting
• retarding
• curbing
• dampening
• quelling
• putting down
• destroying
• squashing
• squelching
• extinguishing
• abolishing
• cracking down (on)
• clamping down (on)
• quenching
• liquidating
• demolishing
• canning
• reining (in)
• stilling
• snuffing (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spawning

Noun

My husband landed a cutthroat, and shortly after so did my daughter, a beautiful 20-inch fish painted red with spawning colors, an orange slash on its throat. — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Sep. 2026

Environmentalists say the dam is the last remaining barrier to migratory fish on the Naugatuck River, blocking access to over 32 river miles of spawning habitat. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026

The Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians monitors water quality for algal blooms and cleans up spawning creeks that get clogged with sediment and trash. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Although all of the solar system’s planets with atmospheres have wave-spawning disturbances, only Saturn churns them out looking like polygons, geometric shapes bounded by straight lines. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Arguably the most successful Netflix series franchise expansion to date is Bridgerton spawning a well received prequel in Queen Charlotte, with other prequels, including one about Violet, also being talked about on and off. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026

Dam structures are known to sever historical migration corridors, trapping species between feeding grounds and spawning waters. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

Chesapeake Bay tributaries are important spawning areas, producing between 70% and 90% of the coastwide population of striped bass. — Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

Thankfully, the flick was a huge hit, thanks to Tobey Maguire's excellent performance, Raimi's genius for vertiginous action, and Willem Dafoe's meme-spawning performance as Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 July 2026

Verb

The Dutch series, which premiered in 2010, was the first iteration of what would become a global singing-competition franchise, eventually spawning more than 150 adaptations around the world. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026

In 2024 and 2025, the Bureau of Reclamation poured colder water through the dam’s river bypass tubes — a deeper outlet than the hydropower intakes — to prevent smallmouth bass from spawning there. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026

The format was part talk show, part first date, and the tone was often flirtatious and awkward, spawning several viral moments over the years. — Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026

Despite a mixed reception from critics upon its release, Cruel Intentions has since become a cult classic, spawning a prequel, a sequel, a jukebox musical, and a TV series. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026

Fly’s brand of rap, defined by spare, steely 808 beats and club shoutouts, was wildly popular, spawning nearly 50 mixtape volumes and many more songs since. — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026

This mystery has tantalized scientists since Charles Darwin mused on it in 1871, spawning no shortage of competing theories about the origins of Earth’s biology around four billion years ago. — Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026

Later in August, the salmon will begin to weaken and die after spawning. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026

For three decades, rap legend and cultural icon Tupac Shakur’s killing has remained one of America’s great unsolved mysteries, spawning countless books, documentaries and long-form investigative journalism pieces. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026