Thesaurus:procreate

Thesaurus

procreate

English

Verb

(transitive)

Sense: to produce a child

Synonyms

• beget
• breed
• procreate

Hyponyms

Of the mother:

• conceive
• enwomb (archaic or poetic)
• inwomb
• mother    [⇒ thesaurus]
• womb (obsolete)

Of the father:

• father    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sire

Hypernyms

• copulate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• proliferate

Further reading

• “161. production” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “procreate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.