Synonyms for cause
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1. cause(noun)

   events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

   "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"

   Synonyms:
   causal agency, reason, lawsuit, movement, suit, crusade, drive, effort, causa, causal agent, grounds, campaign, case

2. cause, reason, grounds(noun)

   a justification for something existing or happening

   "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"

   Synonyms:
   ground, suit, intellect, causal agency, yard, crusade, drive, effort, causa, evidence, case, campaign, reasonableness, movement, curtilage, reason, rationality, grounds, lawsuit, understanding, causal agent

3. campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort(noun)

   a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

   "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"

   Synonyms:
   political campaign, motility, driveway, thrust, exertion, case, reason, movement, apparent motion, private road, exploit, elbow grease, motion, attempt, causal agent, driving force, move, apparent movement, grounds, front, bowel movement, driving, bm, causa, military campaign, travail, crusade, trend, feat, endeavour, drive, parkway, social movement, sweat, safari, ride, run, campaign, drift, try, hunting expedition, effort, causal agency, lawsuit, endeavor, suit

4. causal agent, cause, causal agency(noun)

   any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results

   Synonyms:
   reason, effort, lawsuit, suit, movement, causal agency, grounds, crusade, causa, causal agent, campaign, drive, case

5. lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa(verb)

   a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

   "the family brought suit against the landlord"

   Synonyms:
   crusade, type, font, instance, pillow slip, case, reason, courting, eccentric, guinea pig, fount, casing, character, event, grounds, subject, example, drive, courtship, causa, suit of clothes, slip, compositor's case, wooing, caseful, grammatical case, causal agent, face, showcase, vitrine, movement, display case, campaign, sheath, typeface, typesetter's case, effort, causal agency, lawsuit, suit, pillowcase, shell

6. cause, do, make(verb)

   give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

   "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

   Synonyms:
   wee-wee, take, hit, bring in, construct, draw, stool, have, lay down, piddle, hold, piss, act, constitute, do, earn, reach, answer, make believe, micturate, get to, make water, shit, defecate, get along, arrange, name, pass water, practice, execute, stimulate, behave, progress to, create, crap, practise, take a shit, pretend, cook, gain, dress, ready, serve, establish, suffice, realize, make out, coiffure, make up, perform, give, attain, pull in, set, induce, form, pee, make, wee, ca-ca, get, prepare, coiffe, take in, score, build, coif, throw, arrive at, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, puddle, take a crap, clear, produce, exercise, nominate, come, take a leak, urinate, fare, manage, work, fix, realise, seduce

7. induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make(verb)

   cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

   "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

   Synonyms:
   pee-pee, take, hit, bring in, make, construct, mystify, experience, provoke, draw, stool, stupefy, have, lay down, piddle, hold, become, sustain, ready, pose, piss, receive, constitute, crap, scram, pass water, do, consume, go, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, get to, hasten, shit, fix, pay back, suffer, spend a penny, stick, seduce, make water, set about, bring forth, get down, arrive, name, pretend, cook, incur, deliver, wee-wee, gain, make up, contract, excite, grow, induct, attain, dumbfound, beat, start, set out, birth, micturate, realize, create, arrest, accept, develop, shake, give, bring, bewilder, pull in, perk up, induce, form, reach, buzz off, catch, defecate, pee, let, feature, obtain, beget, rush, flummox, wee, ca-ca, arouse, get, generate, prepare, capture, have got, find, amaze, mother, baffle, take a shit, score, start out, convey, build, vex, give birth, aim, throw, perplex, arrive at, bring on, make believe, gravel, begin, relieve oneself, fetch, stir, father, bear, get under one's skin, energise, energize, puddle, take a crap, puzzle, clear, produce, earn, establish, own, nominate, acquire, come, progress to, take a leak, pay off, brace, possess, bugger off, urinate, ingest, take in, work, shake up, realise, nonplus, commence

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1. cause(verb)

   To set off an event or action.

   The lightning caused thunder.

   Synonyms:
   reason, source

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. cause

   The efficient cause, that which makes anything to be or be done, is the common meaning of the word, as in the saying "There is no effect without a cause." Every man instinctively recognizes himself acting through will as the cause of his own actions. The Creator is the Great First Cause of all things. A condition is something that necessarily precedes a result, but does not produce it. An antecedent simply precedes a result, with or without any agency in producing it; as, Monday is the invariable antecedent of Tuesday, but not the cause of it. The direct antonym of cause is effect, while that of antecedent is consequent. An occasion is some event which brings a cause into action at a particular moment; gravitation and heat are the causes of an avalanche; the steep incline of the mountain-side is a necessary condition, and the shout of the traveler may be the occasion of its fall. Causality is the doctrine or principle of causes, causation the action or working of causes. Compare DESIGN; REASON.

   Synonyms:
   actor, agent, antecedent, author, causality, causation, condition, creator, designer, former, fountain, motive, occasion, origin, originator, power, precedent, reason, reason, source, spring

   Antonyms:
   consequence, creation, development, effect, end, end, event, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, product, result

   Preposition:
   The cause of the disaster; cause for interference.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. cause(n)

   Synonyms:
   source, origin, producer, agent, creator, purpose, inducement, reason, account, principle, motive, object, suit, action

   Antonyms:
   effect, result, accomplishment, end, production, issue, preventive

Dictionary of English Synonymes(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. cause(n.)

   Synonyms:
   origin, original, source, spring, mainspring

2. cause(n.)

   Synonyms:
   ground, reason, motive, consideration, account, inducement, incentive, incitement, efficient cause

3. cause(n.)

   Synonyms:
   purpose, object, aim, final cause

4. cause(n.)

   Synonyms:
   effort, undertaking, enterprise

5. cause(n.)

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) suit, action, case, trial

6. cause(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   produce, create, originate, occasion, give rise to, bring into existence

7. cause(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   effect, bring about

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. cause(n)

   Synonyms:
   origin, source, motive, incitement, inducement, incentive

   Associated words:
   ætiology, etiology, teleology, etiological, causation, causative, causality

2. cause(v)

   Synonyms:
   occasion, induce, effect, originate

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "cause":

   causes, reason, provoke, causing, case, result, issue, causa, lead, source, question, inflict, owing, induce, due, wreak, origin, trigger, utilities, because, create, caused, undertakings, generate, stake, reasons, entail, produce

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1. One Walker fundraiser:

   There's no doubt he has had some gaffes that have not helped his cause, it has not been a good couple weeks. But nothing has ended the game by any means. This thing is way too fluid.

2. David Jacobson:

   The Germans have taken this disease seriously since December. They are committed to transparency, testing and have devoted a huge amount of resources to track sources of what appears to be community spread so that the root cause of each chain can be found and those connected in any way can be warned, isolated, tested, etc., on March 3, the Italian government was still deciding if this was an Asian problem or something different. When an Italian Senator wore a face mask to the senate chambers, he was ridiculed.

3. Yevhenii Dykhne:

   We didn't doubt for a second that our crew and our plane couldn't be the cause for this horrible plane crash, these were our best guys and girls. The best.

4. Guillaume Faury:

   At that moment, we don't know if this is design, production, maintenance or a combination of the three, we need to understand, to go to the bottom of the root cause and then solve the problem.

5. Larry Shannon Hargrove:

   It came to me pretty clear that this was not an impeachable act, it was about sex and not about selling out the country or committing treason or something like that. And I just come up with that line :' Leave Bill Clinton alone --'cause everybody's done something wrong.'.

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