PROPAGATED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

propagated

verb

past tense of propagate

as in reproduced

to bring forth offspring the dams along the river are interfering with the salmon's ability to propagate

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as in disseminated

to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people the various ways in which churches can propagate the faith

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Recent Examples of propagated Propagating ‘Kaleidoscope’ Abelia ‘Kaleidoscope’ Abelia is patent-protected and cannot be propagated. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026 Begonias can be propagated via leaf cuttings by making cuttings in the leaf veins and placing leaves on a soilless mix. — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026 Stone was the consummate anti-Boomer Boomer, his best work existing in opposition to the official stories propagated by a top-down media infoscape. — Darren Franich, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 The group is best known for a sustained series of supply-chain attacks that laced open source software with malware that self-propagated from one package to another. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 Social-media commentators have propagated conspiracy theories about the case, including a theory that Pat himself committed the killings. — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026 How to Grow Hibiscus From Seeds Both tropical and hardy hibiscus varieties can be propagated by seed. — Shelby Vittek, The Spruce, 15 Aug. 2026 These particular Stromanthe can be propagated via stem cuttings. — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 12 Aug. 2026 However, when discussions are not grounded in evidence, misinformation can be propagated and can do real harm to the general public. — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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As luck would have it, the exhibition catalog contained an archival photograph of the very painting, originally reproduced in a 1952 Chicago Review piece on Abercrombie’s exhibition at Newman Brown Gallery.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
These earliest plants evolved from water-living multicellular green algae—descendants of the cyanobacteria—and reproduced using spores.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of reproduced

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Busch died in May from hemorrhagic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation after complications from bacterial pneumonia led to sepsis, according to the former NASCAR star’s death certificate.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
The message, disseminated not just within Israel but among the diaspora, is that one Israeli, alive or dead, is worth untold numbers of Arabs.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of disseminated

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Cameras multiplied the audience onto the massive display, effectively making it all about the fans before dropping them into increasingly dark and elaborate worlds.

— Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Once Robinson was arrested for Charlie’s murder, the theories only multiplied.

— Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of multiplied

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Swells from Isaias are affecting the western and northern portions of the Yucatan Peninsula and will spread northward toward the Gulf Coast on Friday.

— MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Food and drink With half a dozen restaurants spread around the complex, there’s no need to eat the same dish twice.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of spread

Verb

As a child of parents who bred him to be the next Green Lantern, John knows full well the conflict between conscience and instinct, a ceaseless war that threatens to explode to the surface.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
However, Andersen believed the mantra bred a culture of denial.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of bred

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Murmurs have circulated among California state workers about bedbugs returning to the Department of Education’s headquarters, where an infestation this summer resulted in employees temporarily working from home.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
April Leonard, a former social media manager for the city, had her name and picture circulated online after the city’s official X account posted a controversial joke about Butker.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

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