Need another word that means the same as “reproduction”? Find 18 synonyms and 30 related words for “reproduction” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Reproduction” are: replication, breeding, facts of life, procreation, replica, copying, duplication, duplicating, print, copy, reprint, duplicate, facsimile, carbon copy, producing young, propagation, proliferation, spawning
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “reproduction” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| breeding | The production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization. The flooding of the rivers is a trigger for breeding to start. |
| carbon copy | A copy made with carbon paper. |
| copy | A thing made to be similar or identical to another. Catastrophes make good copy. |
| copying | An act of copying. |
| duplicate | A copy that corresponds to an original exactly. He made a duplicate for the files. |
| duplicating | A copy that corresponds to an original exactly. |
| duplication | A copy that corresponds to an original exactly. This kind of duplication is wasteful. |
| facsimile | An exact copy, especially of written or printed material. A facsimile of the manuscript. |
| facts of life | An event known to have happened or something known to have existed. |
| A picture or design printed from a block or plate or copied from a painting by photography. Light summer prints. | |
| procreation | The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring. In general animals copulate purely for the purpose of procreation. |
| producing young | Fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market. |
| proliferation | A rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons. The proliferation of nuclear weapons. |
| propagation | The breeding of specimens of a plant or animal by natural processes from the parent stock. The propagation of plants by root cuttings. |
| replica | A duplicate of an original artistic work. It is a replica of an antique plaque. |
| replication | The process by which genetic material or a living organism gives rise to a copy of itself. A crucial step in cold virus replications. |
| reprint | A publication such as a book that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale. The publishers had nearly sold out of the initial run of copies and ordered a reprint. |
| spawning | The mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs. |
| baby | Treat someone as a baby pamper or be overprotective towards. The baby of the Supreme Court. |
| breed | Produce or lead to (something) over a period of time. She breeds dogs. |
| breeding | The production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization. The breeding population. |
| calve | Release ice. The whales calve at this time of year. |
| dairy | A farm where dairy products are produced. Local dairy foods. |
| existence | A way of living. A person may be reaping the consequences of evil deeds sown in previous existences. |
| feeding | The act of consuming food. |
| fetus | An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal. |
| floral | A fabric with a floral design. Floral tributes. |
| foster | Bring up under fosterage of children. Foster home. |
| frond | Compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad. Fronds of bracken. |
| gentility | Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression. Her grandmother s pretensions to gentility. |
| growth | Vegetation that has grown. The growth of culture. |
| housework | The work of cleaning and running a house. I was busy doing housework when the doorbell rang. |
| increasing | Music increasing in tempo and or volume. The increasing numbers of students. |
| infant | A schoolchild between the ages of about four and eight. Healthy infants. |
| lad | A boy or young man (often as a form of address. Tony was a bit of a lad always had an eye for the women. |
| nurture | Care for and protect (someone or something) while they are growing. They debated whether nature or nurture was more important. |
| raise | Raise from a lower to a higher position. The rabbit was only 250 yards from where he first raised it. |
| raising | Increasing in quantity or value. A raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity. |
| rearing | Rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile. |
| reproductive | Producing new life or offspring. The reproductive or generative organs. |
| stunted | Inferior in size or quality. The trees exhibit a stunted appearance. |
| suckle | Suck milk from the mother’s breasts. The infant s biological need to suckle. |
| survival | Something that survives. He was fighting for his political survival. |
| teen | Relating to teenagers. They were both in their late teens. |
| teenager | A person aged between 13 and 19 years. |
| upbringing | Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community. She had had a Christian upbringing. |
| vegetal | Relating to that pole of the ovum or embryo that contains the less active cytoplasm, and frequently most of the yolk, in the early stages of development. Vegetal cells. |
| vegetative | Composed of vegetation or plants. Environmental factors trigger the switch from vegetative to floral development. |
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