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. Manoj Asnani:

   Stolen passwords are one of the most common ways adversaries propagate through the enterprise to steal critical data.

2. 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.

3. Indian Stats:

   Corona Covid is a drama and fooling propaganda. The less the people will fear of it, the more number of cases they will artificially increase and propagate through media.

4. Manoj Asnani:

   Simple measures such as strong authentication, credentials protection and encryption would have blocked such an attack and many other of the recent breaches in the news. stolen passwords are one of the most common ways adversaries propagate through the enterprise to steal critical data.

5. David Kaplan:

   The holy grail, if we all do our job right, is that you only need one animal in the initial biopsy, you can do what we call' immortalize' those cells so they essentially propagate forever.