cause and effect synonym
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) the ice storm caused a massive power outage Synonyms beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, effect, create, do, draw on, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yieldRelated Words conduce (to ...
Another word for effect. effect consequence result outcome upshot sequel. These nouns denote an occurrence, situation, or condition that is caused by an antecedent. An effect is produced by the action of an agent or a cause and follows it in time: âEvery cause produces more than one effectâ (Herbert Spencer). A consequence has a less sharply definable relationship to its cause: âServitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guiltâ (John P. Curran).