Synonyms for propagate
ˈprɒp əˌgeɪtprop·a·gate

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1. propagate

   Synonyms:
   augment, beget, breed, build up, cherish, colonize, develop, foster, increase, plant, populate, replenish, settle

   Antonyms:
   annihilate, banish, destroy, eradicate, expel, exterminate, extirpate, overthrow, remove, root out, uproot, wipe out

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1. propagate

   Synonyms:
   breed, generate, produce, originate, spread, extend, expand, disseminate, diffuse, increase, multiply, promulgate, propound, broach

   Antonyms:
   extinguish, strangle, stifle, neutralize, reduce, contract, suppress, diminish, fail, dwindle, die, contradict

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1. propagateverb

   transmit from one generation to the next

   "propagate these characteristics"

   Synonyms:
   distribute, circularise, diffuse, disperse, pass around, circulate, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast

2. propagateverb

   travel through the air

   "sound and light propagate in this medium"

   Synonyms:
   distribute, circularise, diffuse, disperse, pass around, circulate, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast

3. propagateverb

   transmit

   "propagate sound or light through air"

   Synonyms:
   distribute, circularise, diffuse, disperse, pass around, circulate, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast

4. spread, propagateverb

   become distributed or widespread

   "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"

   Synonyms:
   circularise, unfold, pass around, overspread, disseminate, spread, spread out, broadcast, open, fan out, scatter, circularize, go around, circulate, disperse, distribute, diffuse

5. propagateverb

   transmit or cause to broaden or spread

   "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"

   Synonyms:
   distribute, circularise, diffuse, disperse, pass around, circulate, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast

6. circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass aroundverb

   cause to become widely known

   "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

   Synonyms:
   circulate, beam, shell out, fan out, lot, spread, mobilize, pervade, pass on, dish out, dissipate, deal out, allot, dot, overspread, break up, dispense, interpenetrate, dole out, unfold, penetrate, deal, parcel out, disperse, circularize, administer, give out, spread out, open, go around, pass around, sprinkle, hand out, mete out, dispel, mobilise, diffuse, broadcast, distribute, pass out, scatter, transmit, air, circularise, send, riddle, dust, stagger, imbue, permeate, disseminate, circle

7. propagateverb

   cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering

   Synonyms:
   distribute, circularise, diffuse, disperse, pass around, circulate, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast

8. propagateverb

   multiply sexually or asexually

   Synonyms:
   distribute, circularise, diffuse, disperse, pass around, circulate, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast

Matched Categories

1. • Biology
   • Move
   • Pass On
   • Plant
   • Reproduce
   • Spread
   • Transmit
   • Travel
   • Treat

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1. propagateverb

   Synonyms:
   multiply, increase, continue

2. propagateverb

   Synonyms:
   spread, diffuse, disseminate, circulate, extend, spread abroad

3. propagateverb

   Synonyms:
   generate, beget, engender, procreate, breed, produce, bring into being

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1. List of paraphrases for "propagate":

   spread, propogate, propagating, propagation, propagated, disseminate

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1. Adel Abdelnaby:

   Based on research and science, this crack took so much time, it developed as a very small crack before 2016, and it took its time to propagate.

2. Bennie Thompson:

   This should have happened long ago, for too long, Facebook has allowed hate speech – and the violence that it can inspire – to propagate on its platform. Since billions use its service, we must demand more from them.

3. Michel Milinkovitch:

   We would like to follow the cracking on the skin of a baby African elephant to understand the dynamic of the process, are the cracks appearing everywhere or do they appear in a specific place and then propagate ? Does it take... weeks or does it take six months ? It's a new, beautiful example of how physical processes are involved in the development of animal forms and shapes.

4. CLIFFORD VILLALON:

   Complexities of life originate from the curiousity of men about innovations. And from these innovations that brought new discoveries and inventions caused men's health to propagate complexity.

5. Mike Pence:

   Now we're engaging on the possibility of a new deal which may create opportunities for ... addressing issues of Americans that are detained in Iran but checking the extraordinary malign influence and support for terrorism that Iran continues to propagate across the region.