Synonyms for generate
ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪtgen·er·ate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. generate

   Synonyms:
   engender, produce, propagate, originate, beget, breed

   Antonyms:
   stifle, extinguish, terminate

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1. generate, bring forthverb

   bring into existence

   "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami"

   Synonyms:
   get, return, give, father, yield, mother, sire, bring forth, beget, render, engender, produce

2. render, yield, return, give, generateverb

   give or supply

   "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"

   Synonyms:
   consecrate, knuckle under, give way, interpret, riposte, devote, chip in, cede, have, afford, collapse, hold, recall, buckle under, supply, try, turn over, ease up, sire, concede, founder, engender, open, hand, gift, render, move over, feed, pay, pass on, picture, soften, deliver, return, bring forth, grant, establish, regress, reelect, contribute, come back, yield, fork up, fork over, hand over, retrovert, give, mother, father, furnish, apply, present, show, make, beget, repay, impart, rejoin, get, devolve, bring back, refund, reach, hark back, relent, retort, submit, depict, fork out, throw, fall in, succumb, dedicate, cave in, give in, bear, turn in, fall, pass, turn back, provide, take back, break, revert, translate, leave, commit, sacrifice, kick in, give back

3. generateverb

   produce (energy)

   "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity"

   Synonyms:
   get, return, give, father, yield, mother, sire, bring forth, beget, render, engender

4. beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forthverb

   make children

   "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

   Synonyms:
   take, cause, make, mystify, experience, develop, draw, have, become, sustain, receive, scram, amaze, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, go, fix, pay back, get under one's skin, stick, suffer, spawn, beat, return, set about, get down, incur, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, fuss, start, arrest, fetch, give, bring, bewilder, mother, induce, buzz off, catch, let, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, breed, capture, find, baffle, produce, start out, pose, vex, aim, perplex, stupefy, gravel, begin, render, father, commence, arrive, set out, convey, acquire, come, pay off, bugger off, overprotect, yield, nonplus

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1. generateverb

   Synonyms:
   beget, procreate, engender, breed, propagate

2. generateverb

   Synonyms:
   produce, form, make

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1. generateverb

   Synonyms:
   procreate, beget, engender, reproduce, originate, produce, propagate

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1. List of paraphrases for "generate":

   generating, produce, create, generation, engender, generates, producing, generated, build, yield, cause, lead

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1. Eric Hoskins:

   The profit that insurance companies generate through drug insurance plans is modest, I would describe it, compared to other aspects of benefits provided.

2. The NBA:

   The U.S. together with Canada is roughly five percent of the global population. So there's a big world out there and they all seem to be following us on social media, social media is the perfect example of the kind of following we can quickly generate in markets where we've never played games.

3. Timothy Massad:

   I am committed to continuing to work with Congress throughout this process, particularly on making sure end-users like agricultural producers can continue to safely and affordably use the derivatives markets, while ensuring these markets do not generate excessive risk to our financial system.

4. Philip Wallach:

   I think it would be irresponsible for the Treasury not to have a whole menu of options to generate cash.

5. Chief Executive Michael Corbat:

   These results demonstrate our ability to generate solid earnings in a challenging and volatile environment, nearly all of our net income came from our core businesses and we continued to reduce non-core assets in Citi Holdings.