procreate
verb
pro·cre·ate ˈprō-krē-ˌāt 
procreated; procreating
transitive verb
: to beget or bring forth (offspring) : propagate
intransitive verb
: to beget or bring forth offspring : reproduce
procreation
ˌprō-krē-ˈā-shən
noun procreative
ˈprō-krē-ˌā-tiv
adjective procreator
ˈprō-krē-ˌā-tər
noun 
Synonyms
- breed
- multiply
- propagate
- reproduce
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Animals have a natural instinct to procreate. the common perception that our Puritan forebears procreated more out of a sense of duty than from desire
Recent Examples on the Web As most Wives are infertile, they're assigned Handmaids in order to procreate and start families of their own. 
Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2022 In one of her popular untranslated books, called The Birth Murder in Japanese, the government has instituted a bizarre incentive to urge its shrinking populace to procreate: Anyone who has 10 babies is allowed to kill one person of their choosing. WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 Ancestral humans needed to be accepted and included in a group to survive and procreate. Jeffrey A. Hall, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 Men wanted to procreate and needed someone to care for those children. Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 Thus, anyone who wants to procreate will have to fill out an application and submit it directly to me. Megan Amram, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 People like Dalton shouldn't be allowed to procreate. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2022 Sure, biological forces dictate that most people will experience the drive to procreate and have a family. Mark Travers, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 As if his support for large families wasn’t evident enough, Musk encouraged his followers to procreate in a similar volume. Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2022 See More
Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2022 In one of her popular untranslated books, called The Birth Murder in Japanese, the government has instituted a bizarre incentive to urge its shrinking populace to procreate: Anyone who has 10 babies is allowed to kill one person of their choosing. WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 Ancestral humans needed to be accepted and included in a group to survive and procreate. Jeffrey A. Hall, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 Men wanted to procreate and needed someone to care for those children. Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 Thus, anyone who wants to procreate will have to fill out an application and submit it directly to me. Megan Amram, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 People like Dalton shouldn't be allowed to procreate. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2022 Sure, biological forces dictate that most people will experience the drive to procreate and have a family. Mark Travers, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 As if his support for large families wasn’t evident enough, Musk encouraged his followers to procreate in a similar volume. Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin procreatus, past participle of procreare, from pro- forth + creare to create — more at pro-, create
First Known Use
circa 1525, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Medical Definition
procreate
verb
pro·cre·ate ˈprō-krē-ˌāt
procreated; procreating
transitive verb
: to beget or bring forth (offspring) : propagate
intransitive verb
: to beget or bring forth offspring : reproduce
procreation
noun
as in breeding
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- breeding
- begetting
- spawning
- conception
- pregnancy
- siring
- generation
- gestation
- family way
- gravidity
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- infertility
- barrenness
- all in a day's work
- all in all
- all in favor
- all in good time
- all in one
- all in one whack
- all in one's head
- all in the past
- all kinds
- all kinds of
- all kinds/sorts/types
- all manner of
- all mouth
- all mouth (and no trousers
- all mouth (and no trousers/action)
- all mouth and no action
- all of
- all of a sudden
- all of the time
- all of us
- all one
- all one can do
- all over
- all over the joint
- all over the lot