engender Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- result-in-
- spawn
- invoke
- beget
- encourage
- effect
- effectuate
- bring-about
- work
- induce
- catalyze
- make
- promote
- yield
Weak:
Strongest:
- limit
- inhibit
- subdue
- quell
- restrict
- suppress
- restrain
- suppress
- inhibit
- repress
- quash
- subdue
- quash
- stifle
- impede
- dampen
- restrain
- stifle
- restrict
- repress
- limit
- dampen
- impede
- quell
Strong:
- retard
- destroy
- check
- destroy
- smother
- squelch
- arrest
- crush
- arrest
- can
- put-down
- curb
- curb
- put-down
- control
- smother
- retard
- crush
- kill
- check
- squelch
- can
- rein-in-
- rein-in-
- kill
- control
Weak:
engender Meaning
engender (v)
call forth
make (offspring) by reproduction
engender (v. t.)
To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.
To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife.
engender (v. i.)
To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace.
engender (n.)
One who, or that which, engenders.
FAQs About the word engender
call forth, make (offspring) by reproductionTo produce by the union of the sexes; to beget., To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of;
produce,create, do, prompt, generate, bring, cause, result (in), spawn, invoke
limit, inhibit, subdue, quell, restrict, suppress, restrain, suppress, inhibit, repress
The novel's evocative language engenders a profound sense of atmosphere and setting.
The leader's impassioned speech engendered a renewed sense of hope and determination among the followers.
The government's economic policies engendered a period of sustained growth and prosperity.
The discovery of the ancient artifact engendered a great deal of excitement and speculation among archaeologists.
