SIRE Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of sire

as in to beget

to become the father of the champion racehorse went on to sire a long line of winners

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noun

ˈsī(-ə)r

as in dad

a male human parent his sire had been a renowned Wall Street lawyer

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as in founder

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor the revered sire of the impressionist movement in art

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Verb

He was brought to the United States that year, and has since sired four calves. — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2026 There are several Nick Cannons — the TV host, the actor, the occasional hip-hop artist, the penitent, and, perhaps the most famous Cannon, the fertile father of 12 who sired five children in 2022 alone. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026

Noun

After a home inspection and orientation, breeder caretakers commit to housing and caring for a female dog (aka dam) for about five years, or six to seven years for a male (sire). — Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 23 Mar. 2026 That was Sunday Silence who, thanks to Hancock's tenacity that the horse was worthy, would retire to become one of the greatest sires in the history of thoroughbred breeding in Japan. — Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sire

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Verb

The stock market crashed in 1929, begetting federal securities regulations including the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission — in 1934.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Clandestine action begets retribution, which begets chaos — the only status quo Central Intelligence has ever known.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of beget

Noun

Mitt reminds me of these famous sports dads — Earl Woods, Richard Williams, Marv Marinovich — who put a golf club or tennis racket or football in their kids’ cribs.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
O'Hara's daughter, Kayla Kerney, is an intern in the program and grew up seeing her dad fight fires.

— Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of dad

Noun

The leading contributor, as my colleague Queenie Wong has reported, is Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who claims to have moved out of the state, which might enable him to avoid the tax.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Someone else wants a softer version of the founder’s hard lesson.

— Tavares Beverly, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of founder

Verb

Most historians already accept that the author of the Declaration of Independence fathered children with Hemings, but the DNA testing done over the years to settle the case did not involve samples from Jefferson himself.

— Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
Urker, who also fathered a baby girl, Aurora, with Blanchard, was found dead Thursday in Raceland, Louisiana.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of father

Noun

Still, there’s something to the earnestness with which the movie does finally have its daddy issues and its cetacean ones intersect.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
The world’s richest person, MAGA donor, chainsaw waver, baby daddy and would-be Mars colonizer takes a thrashing.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of daddy

Noun

Mann spoke about one the challenges of being a creator was how to evolve.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
In the film, directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin, Jobs (Michael Fassbender) is still the indisputable hero, a creator of miraculous products that can be only so marred by his personal blemishes.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of creator

Verb

Slop spawns, and Waymo’s artificially intelligent cars hum into view like two-ton rolling Rorschach tests.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
DeSantis also warned residents far outside the cone to watch for tornadoes, which can spawn before the core of Isaias moves ashore.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of spawn

Verb

The three colors are mixed in different combinations and ratios, producing 16 different shades.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026
In particular, genes involved in the function of Jonathan's mitochondria -- which are structures inside cells that produce energy -- appeared similar to those from a 5-year-old tortoise named Hatchling.

— KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026

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