Thesaurus:cause
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
Sense: the reason for an event or action[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
- first cause
- first mover
- prime mover
- primum mobile
- —
- fountainhead (figurative)
- mainspring (figurative)
- springhead (figurative)
- wellhead (figurative)
- wellspring (figurative)
Various[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “153. cause” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “cause” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.