CAUSE Synonyms

• something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary

• a statement in explanation of some action or belief

• the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning

• a recognizable kind

• the act of mixing cards haphazardly

• engage in

• give certain properties to something

• make or cause to be or to become

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

• create or manufacture a man-made product

• make, formulate, or derive in the mind

• compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way

• create by artistic means

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• create or design, often in a certain way

• to compose or represent

• reach a goal

• be or be capable of being changed or made into

• make by shaping or bringing together constituents

• perform, produce, or carry out

• make by combining materials and parts

• change from one form into another

• act in a certain way so as to acquire

• charge with a function; charge to be

• achieve a point or goal

• reach a destination, either real or abstract

• institute, enact, or establish

• carry out or commit

• form by assembling individuals or constituents

• organize or be responsible for

• put in order or neaten

• head into a specified direction

• have a bowel movement

• undergo fabrication or creation

• be suitable for

• add up to

• amount to

• constitute the essence of

• appear to begin an activity

• proceed along a path

• reach in time

• gather and light the materials for

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• induce to have sex

• assure the success of

• represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

• consider as being

• calculate as being

• cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable

• favor the development of

• develop into

• behave in a certain manner

• eliminate urine

• a race between candidates for elective office

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)

• an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)

• run, stand, or compete for an office or a position

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• go on a campaign; go off to war

• an occurrence of something

• a special set of circumstances

• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

• the actual state of things

• a portable container for carrying several objects

• a person requiring professional services

• a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

• a problem requiring investigation

• a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument

• the quantity contained in a case

• nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence

• a specific state of mind that is temporary

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

• a specific size and style of type within a type family

• an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

• the housing or outer covering of something

• the enclosing frame around a door or window opening

• (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers

• bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

• a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

• look over, usually with the intention to rob

• enclose in, or as if in, a case

• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• go on a crusade; fight a holy war

• the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization

• doctor's degree in osteopathy

• an uproarious party

• engage in

• carry out or perform an action

• get (something) done

• proceed or get along

• give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

• carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

• be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

• create or design, often in a certain way

• behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

• spend time in prison or in a labor camp

• carry on or function

• arrange attractively

• travel or traverse (a distance)

• the act of applying force to propel something

• a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• a road leading up to a private house

• the trait of being highly motivated

• hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver

• the act of driving a herd of animals overland

• a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)

• a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

• (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium

• a wide scenic road planted with trees

• (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)

• operate or control a vehicle

• travel or be transported in a vehicle

• cause someone or something to move by driving

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly

• cause to move back by force or influence

• compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment

• push, propel, or press with force

• cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• move into a desired direction of discourse

• have certain properties when driven

• work as a driver

• move by being propelled by a force

• urge forward

• proceed along in a vehicle

• strike with a driver, as in teeing off

• hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally

• excavate horizontally

• cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling

• (hunting) search for game

• (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground

• earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

• use of physical or mental energy; hard work

• a notable achievement

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

• come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

• enter or assume a certain state or condition

• cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)

• reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

• go or come after and bring or take back

• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

• take vengeance on or get even

• achieve a point or goal

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone

• give certain properties to something

• move into a desired direction of discourse

• grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

• attract and fix

• reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

• reach by calculation

• acquire as a result of some effort or action

• purchase

• perceive by hearing

• suffer from the receipt of

• receive as a retribution or punishment

• leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

• reach and board

• irritate

• evoke an emotional response

• apprehend and reproduce accurately

• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

• overcome or destroy

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

• make (offspring) by reproduction

• a person who possesses great material wealth

• have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

• have as a feature

• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

• have ownership or possession of

• cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• have a personal or business relationship with someone

• organize or be responsible for

• have left

• be confronted with

• undergo

• suffer from; be ill with

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• receive willingly something given or offered

• get something; come into possession of

• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

• achieve a point or goal

• cause to be born

• have sex with; archaic use

• cause to arise

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• cause to occur rapidly

• reason or establish by induction

• produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes

• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

• a change of position that does not entail a change of location

• the act of changing location from one place to another

• a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

• a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

• a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

• a euphemism for defecation

• a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

• the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)

• the act of changing the location of something

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon

• the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

• the state of having good sense and sound judgment

• a justification for something existing or happening

• a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion

• decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

• present reasons and arguments

• think logically

• act as a stimulant

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

• cause to be alert and energetic

• cause to occur rapidly

• stir feelings in

• provide the needed stimulus for

• a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color

• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

• (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit

• a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

• a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank

• playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color

• be agreeable or acceptable to

• be agreeable or acceptable

• accord or comport with

• enhance the appearance of

• any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results

• any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results