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Cause

🔄 Synonyms of "Cause"

19 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
induceverb(transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
casenounAn actual event, situation, or fact.
drivenounTo operate a vehicle:
stimulateverbTo encourage into action.
haveverb(transitive) To possess, own.
effortnounThe work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
makeverb(transitive) To create.
movementnounPhysical motion between points in space.
campaignnounA series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
getverb(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
groundsnounThe collective land areas that compose a larger area.
doverb(auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
suitnoun(clothing) A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
causanouna comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
lawsuitnoun(law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
causal agentnounany entity that causes events to happen
causal agencynounany entity that causes events to happen
crusadenoun(figuratively, sometimes ironically) A grand, concerted effort towards some purportedly worthy cause.
reasonnoun(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.

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WordDefinition
reasonnoun(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
casenounAn actual event, situation, or fact.
groundsnounThe collective land areas that compose a larger area.
haveverb(transitive) To possess, own.
doverb(auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
induceverb(transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
makeverb(transitive) To create.
campaignnounA series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
getverb(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
drivenounTo operate a vehicle:
lawsuitnoun(law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
movementnounPhysical motion between points in space.
effortnounThe work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
stimulateverbTo encourage into action.
crusadenoun(figuratively, sometimes ironically) A grand, concerted effort towards some purportedly worthy cause.
suitnoun(clothing) A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
causanouna comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
causal agencynounany entity that causes events to happen
causal agentnounany entity that causes events to happen
causalnounOf, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.

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