1. cause
verb. ['ˈkɑːz, ˈkɔz'] give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.
Synonyms
- shape
- facilitate
- propel
- incite
- spawn
- provoke
- initiate
- mold
- force
- pioneer
- prompt
- effectuate
- effect
- create
- impel
- move
- influence
- determine
- evoke
- motivate
- do
- set up
- regulate
- engender
- make
- actuate
- breed
- call forth
- occasion
Antonyms
- decompress
- slow
- unpunctual
- unready
Etymology
- cause (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cause (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
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2. cause
verb. ['ˈkɑːz, ˈkɔz'] cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.
Synonyms
- bring
- decide
- obligate
- oblige
- have
- suborn
- prompt
- induce
- instigate
- encourage
- get
- lead
- compel
- let
- make
- inspire
- stimulate
- solicit
Antonyms
- centrifugal force
- adduct
- push
- repel
Etymology
- cause (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cause (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
3. cause
noun. ['ˈkɑːz, ˈkɔz'] events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something.
Synonyms
- aetiology
- origin
- factor
- producer
- inception
- mutagenesis
- origination
- antecedent
Antonyms
- attract
- centripetal force
- repulsion
- attraction
Etymology
- cause (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cause (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. cause
noun. ['ˈkɑːz, ˈkɔz'] a justification for something existing or happening.
Synonyms
- grounds
- justification
Antonyms
- uninitiate
- stay
- civilian
Etymology
- cause (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cause (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
5. cause
noun. ['ˈkɑːz, ˈkɔz'] a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end.
Synonyms
- anti-war movement
- campaigning
- drive
- ad blitz
- war
- candidacy
- ad campaign
- gay liberation movement
- youth movement
- effort
- movement
- fund-raising campaign
- fund-raising effort
- gay lib
- candidature
- women's liberation movement
- reform
- fund-raising drive
- women's lib
- crusade
- advertising campaign
- consumerism
- campaign
- feminism
- lost cause
- feminist movement
- political campaign
- venture
- charm campaign
- youth crusade
Antonyms
- straight
- crookedness
- straightness
- dispose
Etymology
- cause (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cause (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
6. cause
noun. ['ˈkɑːz, ˈkɔz'] any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results.
Synonyms
- cause of death
- prime mover
- soul
- life principle
- supernatural
- catalyst
- agent
- first cause
- force
- primum mobile
- occult
- vital principle
- manipulator
- individual
- operator
- deus ex machina
- mortal
- power
- person
- theurgy
- nature
- fate
- killer
- engine
- destiny
- physical entity
- causal agency
- causal agent
- danger
- somebody
Antonyms
- sharpness
- crooked
- dullness
- angularity
Etymology
- cause (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cause (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
7. cause
noun. ['ˈkɑːz, ˈkɔz'] a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
Synonyms
- suit
- causa
- class action
- lawsuit
- countersuit
- bastardy proceeding
- proceedings
- class-action suit
- proceeding
- criminal suit
- legal proceeding
- paternity suit
- case
- civil suit
Antonyms
- ill health
- unfitness
- refrain
- bore
Etymology
- cause (Middle English (1100-1500))
- cause (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
8. lost
adjective. ['ˈlɔst'] no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered.
Synonyms
- missing
- wasted
- straying
- squandered
- mislaid
- misplaced
- stray
Antonyms
- tractable
- docile
- compromising
- obedient
9. lost
adjective. ['ˈlɔst'] having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity.
Synonyms
- confused
- disoriented
Antonyms
- coherent
- organized
- future
10. lost
adjective. ['ˈlɔst'] spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed.
Synonyms
- damned
- curst
- doomed
- unregenerated
- unregenerate
- destroyed
- ruined
- unsaved
- unredeemed
Antonyms
- regenerate
- blessed
- corrigible
- undamaged