produce synonyms

produce

n.

product, fruitage, harvest, result, resultant, crop, return, effect, consequence, amount, profit, ingathering, outcome, outgrowth, aftermath, gain, emolument, realization; see also butter, cheese, cream 1, food, fruit 1, grain 1, milk, vegetable.

produce

v.

  1. To bear

    yield, bring forth, give forth, give birth to, propagate, bring out, come through, blossom, flower, deliver, generate, engender, breed, contribute, give, afford, furnish, return, render, show fruit, fructify, fetch, bring in, present, offer, provide, contribute, sell for, bear, bear fruit, accrue, allow, admit, proliferate, be delivered of, bring to birth, reproduce, foal, lamb, drop, be brought to bed, calve, fawn, whelp, cub, kitten, hatch, farrow, throw, usher into the world, spawn; see also yield 2.

  2. To create by mental effort

    originate, author, procreate, bring forth, conceive, engender, effectuate, write, design, fabricate, imagine, turn out, devise, hammer out, crank out*, churn out*, grind out*; see also compose 3, create 2, invent 1, 2.

  3. To cause

    effect, occasion, bring about; see begin 1.

  4. To show

    exhibit, present, unfold; see display 1.

  5. To make

    assemble, build, construct; see manufacture 1.

  6. To present a performance

    present, play, put on the stage; see act 3, perform 2.

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