Synonyms of spawn

spawn 1 of 2

noun

as in offspring

the descendants of a person, animal, or plant

sometimes I think those little brats are the spawn of Satan himself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• offspring
• seed
• fruit
• progeny
• child
• family
• get
• issue
• hatch
• posterity
• brood
• litter
• young
• kin
• lineage
• stock
• scion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• parent
• progenitor
• father
• grandfather
• ancestor
• antecedent
• forefather
• forebear
• primogenitor
• forebearer

spawn

2 of 2

verb

ˈspȯn 

as in to create

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

these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spawn

Noun

Darumaka has been featured in events such as Lunar New Year while Lillipup has been available for a long time and has been a common spawn. —Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026

The movie subsequently gave its monsters a more secular origin story, the spawn of science run amok rather than some malevolent force of evil. —Richard Edwards, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025

Verb

There are influential bands that spawn hundreds of soundalikes and then there are influential bands that spawn surprisingly few, not because their influence didn’t resonate but because their sound was so distinct, nobody quite knew how to emulate it. —Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026

Adopting what is usually considered a progressive stance, the world’s richest man said Uncle Sam should write fat checks to Americans to keep us living large even if platforms like Chat GPT, Claude and his own Grok spawn a torrent of pink slips. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026