Synonyms of engender

engender

verb

in-ˈjen-dər 

1

as in to create

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

a suggestion to go out for pizza that didn't seem to engender any interest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• create
• generate
• cause
• bring
• prompt
• produce
• do
• induce
• spawn
• invoke
• yield
• effectuate
• make
• work
• catalyze
• beget
• effect
• encourage
• result (in)
• promote
• bring about
• translate (into)
• draw on
• give rise to
• found
• introduce
• initiate
• establish
• occasion
• breed
• foster
• bring on
• contribute (to)
• inaugurate
• bring forth
• determine
• cultivate
• develop
• begin
• enact
• render
• launch
• decide
• start
• pioneer
• further
• forward
• conduce (to)
• nurture
• institute
• advance
• nourish
• set
• set up
• innovate
• turn out
• father

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restrict
• impede
• limit
• quash
• stifle
• suppress
• quell
• repress
• dampen
• inhibit
• restrain
• subdue
• smother
• crush
• control
• put down
• curb
• check
• arrest
• retard
• kill
• can
• squelch
• rein (in)
• destroy
• crack down (on)
• abolish
• extinguish
• squash
• clamp down (on)
• quench
• liquidate
• still
• demolish
• snuff (out)

2

as in to originate

to come into existence

feelings of confidence and independence that were only just beginning to engender within her

Synonyms & Similar Words

• originate
• begin
• arise
• commence
• start
• appear
• be
• emerge
• form
• materialize
• exist
• set in
• actualize
• arrive
• live
• break
• spring
• continue
• breathe
• dawn
• last
• subsist
• endure
• persist
• survive
• coalesce
• cohere
• come on
• shape (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cease
• stop
• end
• terminate
• conclude
• halt
• discontinue
• finish
• disappear
• dissolve
• quit
• vanish
• die
• desist
• evaporate
• depart
• expire
• perish
• pass away

Examples of engender in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Conversely, any reluctance that law enforcement can engender around the application undermines bad actors who might use it. —Brady Dale, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024

And respiratory viruses will continually evolve to try and get around some of the immunity that prior infections and vaccinations have engendered. —Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 23 Sep. 2024

Researchers worry that the looming primate shortage in the US — engendered by transportation restrictions and therapeutic testing requirements and exacerbated by pandemic-era demands — will limit our ability to respond to public health emergencies. —Celia Ford, Vox, 6 Sep. 2024

These edits can artificially engender support or elicit sympathy for specific causes. —Monique Woo, Washington Post, 29 July 2024

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