Antonyms for generate
ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪtgen·er·ate

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1. generate

   Antonyms:
   stifle, extinguish, terminate

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

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1. • Produce

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

How to use generate in a sentence?

1. Kirk Boodry:

   From a shareholder perspective you should sell it and invest in the things that are going to generate returns.

2. Fruitland Police Chief JD Huff:

   We’ve said from the beginning that we will leave no stone unturned in our effort to find Michael, we remain hopeful, and we continue to follow each tip that comes in. This community has been steadfast in its support for Michael’s family and for law enforcement’s search efforts. This reward shows that our community support remains strong, and the fund may just generate the tip we need to bring Michael home safely.

3. Jay Olson:

   Objects in the room can prompt new associations easier than trying to generate them all internally, the authors find that interacting through a computer screen could unintentionally shift attention in a way that reduces the generation of these novel ideas.

4. Ian Stannard:

   That is going to have a real big impact on markets and that will generate increased volatility.

5. Dan Gainor:

   It's almost predictable that some idiot online will write an outlandish story connecting Trump to the villain du jour, all designed to generate web traffic and ad dollars. We worked through all the major historical villains the media could tie the president to -- Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini. They called him a strongman, a dictator and worse. Now it's Manson, Weinstein and probably Mugabe, the media are running out of hyperbole. It's all embarrassingly stupid. No one gets held to account for it. And the cycle begins again with the next clickbait article.

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