Synonyms for propagate
ˈprɒp əˌgeɪtprop·a·gate

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1. propagate

   Synonyms:
   augment, beget, breed, build up, cherish, colonize, develop, foster, increase, plant, populate, replenish, settle

   Antonyms:
   annihilate, banish, destroy, eradicate, expel, exterminate, extirpate, overthrow, remove, root out, uproot, wipe out

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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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Biology
   • Move
   • Pass On
   • Plant
   • Reproduce
   • Spread
   • Transmit
   • Travel
   • Treat

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "propagate":

   spread, propogate, propagating, propagation, propagated, disseminate

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1. Indian Stats:

   Corona Covid is a drama and fooling propaganda. The less the people will fear of it, the more number of cases they will artificially increase and propagate through media.

2. Adam Schiff:

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

3. Nihad Awad:

   They are using their free speech to propagate misconception and to divide people along ethnic or religious lines, it is up to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority authorities to deal with these hateful groups.

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. Michel Milinkovitch:

   We would like to follow the cracking on the skin of a baby African elephant to understand the dynamic of the process, are the cracks appearing everywhere or do they appear in a specific place and then propagate ? Does it take... weeks or does it take six months ? It's a new, beautiful example of how physical processes are involved in the development of animal forms and shapes.