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Synonyms for propagate
ˈprɒp əˌgeɪtprop·a·gate

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. propagate

    Synonyms:
    breed, generate, produce, originate, spread, extend, expand, disseminate, diffuse, increase, multiply, promulgate, propound, broach

    Antonyms:
    extinguish, strangle, stifle, neutralize, reduce, contract, suppress, diminish, fail, dwindle, die, contradict

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. propagateverb

    transmit from one generation to the next

    "propagate these characteristics"

    Synonyms:
    distribute, circularise, diffuse, disperse, pass around, circulate, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast

  2. propagateverb

    travel through the air

    "sound and light propagate in this medium"

    Synonyms:
    distribute, circularise, diffuse, disperse, pass around, circulate, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast

  3. propagateverb

    transmit

    "propagate sound or light through air"

    Synonyms:
    distribute, circularise, diffuse, disperse, pass around, circulate, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast

  4. spread, propagateverb

    become distributed or widespread

    "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"

    Synonyms:
    circularise, unfold, pass around, overspread, disseminate, spread, spread out, broadcast, open, fan out, scatter, circularize, go around, circulate, disperse, distribute, diffuse

  5. propagateverb

    transmit or cause to broaden or spread

    "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"

    Synonyms:
    distribute, circularise, diffuse, disperse, pass around, circulate, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast

  6. circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass aroundverb

    cause to become widely known

    "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

    Synonyms:
    circulate, beam, shell out, fan out, lot, spread, mobilize, pervade, pass on, dish out, dissipate, deal out, allot, dot, overspread, break up, dispense, interpenetrate, dole out, unfold, penetrate, deal, parcel out, disperse, circularize, administer, give out, spread out, open, go around, pass around, sprinkle, hand out, mete out, dispel, mobilise, diffuse, broadcast, distribute, pass out, scatter, transmit, air, circularise, send, riddle, dust, stagger, imbue, permeate, disseminate, circle

  7. propagateverb

    cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering

    Synonyms:
    distribute, circularise, diffuse, disperse, pass around, circulate, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast

  8. propagateverb

    multiply sexually or asexually

    Synonyms:
    distribute, circularise, diffuse, disperse, pass around, circulate, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. propagateverb

    Synonyms:
    multiply, increase, continue

  2. propagateverb

    Synonyms:
    spread, diffuse, disseminate, circulate, extend, spread abroad

  3. propagateverb

    Synonyms:
    generate, beget, engender, procreate, breed, produce, bring into being

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "propagate":

    spread, propogate, propagating, propagation, propagated, disseminate

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How to use propagate in a sentence?

  1. Bennie Thompson:

    This should have happened long ago, for too long, Facebook has allowed hate speech – and the violence that it can inspire – to propagate on its platform. Since billions use its service, we must demand more from them.

  2. James Murdoch:

    The damage is profound, the sacking of the Capitol is proof positive that what we thought was dangerous is indeed very, very much so. Those outlets that propagate lies to their audience have unleashed insidious and uncontrollable forces that will be with us for years.

  3. Rudy Tanzi:

    I like to say the amyloid is like the match, and the tangles are like brush fires that propagate and spread over decades, and along the way you're triggering big forest fires, that's neuroinflammation.

  4. David Kaplan:

    The holy grail, if we all do our job right, is that you only need one animal in the initial biopsy, you can do what we call' immortalize' those cells so they essentially propagate forever.

  5. Adam Schiff:

    This is not putting America first, but continuing to propagate his own personal fiction at the country’s expense.


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