Thesaurus:cause
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.