Synonyms of generated

generated

verb

past tense of generate

as in created

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

his rabble-rousing speech generated a lot of controversy among local taxpayers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• created
• caused
• brought
• prompted
• produced
• spawned
• did
• yielded
• induced
• worked
• invoked
• made
• engendered
• effected
• occasioned
• brought about
• catalyzed
• brought on
• brought forth
• resulted (in)
• translated (into)
• bred
• gave rise to
• introduced
• effectuated
• drew on
• encouraged
• promoted
• begot
• inaugurated
• initiated
• launched
• founded
• contributed (to)
• developed
• determined
• established
• pioneered
• began
• instituted
• forwarded
• fostered
• cultivated
• started
• rendered
• decided
• enacted
• set up
• nurtured
• conduced (to)
• set
• turned out
• furthered
• advanced
• innovated
• fathered
• nourished

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limited
• restricted
• suppressed
• impeded
• controlled
• checked
• quashed
• stifled
• crushed
• dampened
• repressed
• subdued
• smothered
• inhibited
• arrested
• put down
• restrained
• curbed
• killed
• destroyed
• squelched
• retarded
• quelled
• squashed
• abolished
• extinguished
• stilled
• canned
• clamped down (on)
• quenched
• cracked down (on)
• liquidated
• demolished
• reined (in)
• snuffed (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of generated

CelDot generated about $236,000 in net sales in its first four months and is targeting $550,000 to $600,000 in first-year sales, according to the company. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

How the tanker’s propulsion system works The tanker uses electricity generated by a hydrogen engine housed in a container mounted on deck which powers two electric propulsion motors connected to two shafts. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

But a defense that generated just four takeaways in 2025 is still struggling to turn stops into opportunities for its offense. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026

The lead song has generated more than 450,000 streams on Spotify, and the announcement gained hundreds of thousands of likes on Instagram. — Catriona Marangi, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026

Moreover, the wall-to-wall negative press that Zaslav generated for shelving a finished movie (which was supposedly well received in test screenings) wasn’t worth the headache, according to studio sources. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

Those computer generated scenes, in a weird way, became the true star of the event. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026

Every detail of every video on Janie’s account, from her dorm room, to her outfits, to Janie herself, was generated by artificial intelligence. — Jesse Watson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Furthermore, the material senses motion by detecting the triboelectricity generated as the wearer moves against the textile. — New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2026