What are the opposite words for cause?
Cause refers to something that brings about an effect or result. Its antonyms are the words that mean opposite or contrary. The antonym of cause is "prevent," which means to stop something from happening. Other antonyms of cause are "hinder," and "impede," which mean to obstruct or slow down the progress of something. "Obstruct," "hindrance," and "barrier" are other antonyms of cause because they signify an obstacle that stops or blocks something from happening. Lastly, "outcome," "result," and "effect" are not antonyms of cause because they represent the aftermath of a cause. Knowing antonyms of cause can help improve communication and convey meaning more precisely.
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- ensue
- interrupt
- stop
- arise
- break
- go
- result
- rise
- transpire
- develop
- prevent
- proceed
- stem
- eventuate
- come into being; proceed
- destroy; make whole into pieces
- bring into being; bring about
- begin; occur
- start to happen; come to pass
- contribute, work towards an end
- bother, interfere
- keep from happening or continuing
- flow from; originate
- become apparent
- come from
- prevent, hold back
- occur, happen
- end
- effect
- response
- influence
- sequel
- price
- fruit
- resolution
- meaning
- importance
- by-product
- conclusion
- consequence
- count
- decision
- descendant
- development
- division
- handicraft
- issue
- mark
- numeration
- offspring
- payoff
- product
- ramification
- signification
- termination
- upshot
- aftermath
- catastrophe
- core
- deduction
- eventuality
- fate
- follow-up
- harvest
- outcome
- outgrowth
- proceeds
- reaction
- repercussion
- terminus
- situation following an event, occurrence
- adverse reaction
- scion
- side product
- calamity; unhappy conclusion
- agent, originator
- belief; undertaking for belief
- result, outcome of action
- center, gist
- conclusion, deduction
- backlash
- conclusion; resolution reached
- conclusion, understanding
- person in line of ancestry
- happening, incident
- something produced from separating
- extreme, limit
- occurrence, happening
- something that probably will happen
- predetermined course
- result of labor
- artwork, skill
- crops; taking in of crops
- power, authority
- point in question
- child, children
- consequence, effect
- product, consequence
- conclusion, climax
- financial value
- earnings from business
- consequence, development
- answer, judgment
- effect brought about by something
- benefit, gain
- end result
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
-
ensue
- come after,
- coming after,
- am consequent on,
- am subsequent to,
- are consequent on,
- are subsequent to,
- art consequent on,
- art subsequent to,
- be consequent on,
- be subsequent to,
- being consequent on,
- being subsequent to,
- came after,
- came next,
- come next,
- comes after,
- comes next,
- coming next,
- eventualized,
- eventualizes,
- eventualizing,
- is consequent on,
- is subsequent to,
- wast consequent on,
- wast subsequent to,
- were consequent on,
- were subsequent to,
- wert consequent on,
- wert subsequent to.
-
interrupt
- chime in,
- edge in,
- lay aside,
- put in,
- shortstop,
- Inned,
- work in,
- brake train of thought,
- brake train thought,
- break train of thought,
- break train thought,
- breaking train of thought,
- breaking train thought,
- breaks train of thought,
- breaks train thought,
- broke train of thought,
- broke train thought,
- bust in,
- busted in,
- busting in,
- busts in,
- chimed in,
- chimes in,
- chiming in,
- crowd in,
- crowded in,
- crowding in,
- crowds in,
- cut in on,
- cut on,
- cuts in on,
- cuts on,
- cutting in on,
- cutting on,
- de lay,
- de laying,
- de lays,
- de-lay,
- de-laying,
- de-lays,
- dis connect,
- dis connected,
- dis connecting,
- dis connects,
- dis join,
- dis joined,
- dis joining,
- dis joins,
- dis unite,
- dis united,
- dis unites,
- dis uniting,
- dis-connect,
- dis-connected,
- dis-connecting,
- dis-connects,
- dis-join,
- dis-joined,
- dis-joining,
- dis-joins,
- dis-unite,
- dis-united,
- dis-unites,
- dis-uniting,
- edged in,
- edges in,
- gat in the way,
- gat in way,
- gat the way,
- gat way,
- get in the way,
- get in way,
- get the way,
- gets in the way,
- gets in way,
- gets way,
- getting in the way,
- getting in way,
- getting the way,
- getting way,
- got in the way,
- got in way,
- got the way,
- got way,
- gotten in the way,
- gotten in way,
- gotten the way,
- in sinuate,
- in sinuated,
- in sinuates,
- in sinuating,
- in-sinuate,
- in-sinuates,
- in-sinuating,
- laid aside,
- laying aside,
- puts in,
- putting in,
- shortstopped,
- shortstops,
- worked in,
- working in,
- works in,
- wrought in.
- stop
-
arise
- come to light,
- crop up,
- set in,
- be ginning,
- be gun,
- be-ginning,
- be-gun,
- came light,
- came to light,
- come light,
- comes light,
- comes to light,
- coming light,
- coming to light,
- cropped up,
- cropping up,
- crops up,
- cropt up,
- de rive,
- de rived,
- de rives,
- de riving,
- de-rive,
- de-rived,
- de-rives,
- de-riving,
- sets in,
- setting in.
-
break
- breached,
- burst out,
- come forth,
- disconfirming,
- finish off,
- fractured,
- get away,
- give up,
- infract,
- let out,
- pass on,
- renege on,
- torpedo,
- Bankrupted,
- Bankrupting,
- Breaching,
- Fracturing,
- Infracting,
- Paused,
- Torpedoes,
- Trashed,
- Declassing,
- Declass,
- bust up,
- passed on,
- passes on,
- passing on,
- getting away,
- gets away,
- got away,
- gotten away,
- came to pass,
- come to pass,
- comes to pass,
- coming to pass,
- torpedoing,
- declasses,
- disconfirm,
- bankrupts,
- go beyond,
- bust out,
- made public,
- make public,
- coming forth,
- torpedoed,
- cut and run,
- making public,
- be fall,
- be fallen,
- be falling,
- be falls,
- be fell,
- be tide,
- be tided,
- be tides,
- be tiding,
- be-fall,
- be-fallen,
- be-falling,
- be-falls,
- be-fell,
- be-tide,
- be-tided,
- be-tides,
- be-tiding,
- bursted out,
- bursting out,
- bursts out,
- busted out,
- busted up,
- busting out,
- busting up,
- busts out,
- busts up,
- came forth,
- came pass,
- co wed,
- co wing,
- co-wed,
- co-wing,
- come pass,
- comes forth,
- comes pass,
- coming pass,
- cut run,
- cuts and run,
- cuts run,
- cutting and run,
- cutting run,
- de camp,
- de camped,
- de camping,
- de camps,
- de class,
- de classed,
- de classes,
- de classing,
- de grade,
- de graded,
- de grades,
- de grading,
- de merit,
- de merited,
- de meriting,
- de merits,
- de moralize,
- de moralized,
- de moralizes,
- de moralizing,
- de mote,
- de motes,
- de moting,
- de-camp,
- de-camped,
- de-camping,
- de-camps,
- de-class,
- de-classed,
- de-classes,
- de-classing,
- de-grade,
- de-graded,
- de-grades,
- de-grading,
- de-merit,
- de-merited,
- de-meriting,
- de-merits,
- de-moralize,
- de-moralized,
- de-moralizes,
- de-moralizing,
- de-mote,
- de-motes,
- de-moting,
- demerited,
- demeriting,
- dis close,
- dis closed,
- dis closes,
- dis closing,
- dis confirm,
- dis confirmed,
- dis confirming,
- dis confirms,
- dis continue,
- dis continued,
- dis continues,
- dis continuing,
- dis integrate,
- dis integrated,
- dis integrates,
- dis integrating,
- dis obey,
- dis obeyed,
- dis obeying,
- dis obeys,
- dis prove,
- dis proved,
- dis proves,
- dis proving,
- dis regard,
- dis regarded,
- dis regarding,
- dis regards,
- dis-close,
- dis-closed,
- dis-closes,
- dis-closing,
- dis-confirm,
- dis-confirmed,
- dis-confirming,
- dis-confirms,
- dis-continue,
- dis-continued,
- dis-continues,
- dis-continuing,
- dis-integrate,
- dis-integrated,
- dis-integrates,
- dis-integrating,
- dis-obey,
- dis-obeyed,
- dis-obeying,
- dis-obeys,
- dis-prove,
- dis-proved,
- dis-proves,
- dis-proving,
- dis-regard,
- dis-regarded,
- dis-regarding,
- dis-regards,
- disconfirmed,
- disconfirms,
- ex celled,
- ex celling,
- ex-celling,
- finished off,
- finishes off,
- finishing off,
- gat away,
- goes beyond,
- going beyond,
- in capacitate,
- in capacitated,
- in capacitates,
- in capacitating,
- in form,
- in forming,
- in forms,
- in fringe,
- in fringed,
- in fringes,
- in-capacitate,
- in-capacitated,
- in-capacitating,
- in-forming,
- in-forms,
- in-fringe,
- in-fringed,
- in-fringes,
- infracts,
- lets out,
- letted out,
- letting out,
- made hash of,
- made mincemeat of,
- make hash of,
- make mincemeat of,
- makes hash of,
- makes public,
- making mincemeat of,
- out did,
- out does,
- out doing,
- out done,
- out strip,
- out strips,
- out-did,
- out-does,
- out-doing,
- out-done,
- out-strip,
- out-stripped,
- out-stripping,
- out-strips,
- pro claim,
- pro claimed,
- pro claiming,
- pro claims,
- pro-claiming,
- pro-claims,
- pull pieces,
- pull to pieces,
- pulled pieces,
- pulling pieces,
- pulling to pieces,
- pulls pieces,
- pulls to pieces,
- re butted,
- re butting,
- re duce,
- re duces,
- re sting,
- re veals,
- re-butted,
- re-butting,
- re-duce,
- re-duces,
- re-sting,
- re-veal,
- re-veals,
- reneged on,
- reneges on,
- reneging on,
- sub due,
- sub dues,
- sub-due,
- sub-dues,
- sur pass,
- sur passed,
- sur passes,
- sur-pass,
- sur-passed,
- sur-passes,
- sur-passing,
- under mined,
- under mining,
- under-mined,
- under-mining,
- went beyond.
- go
-
result
- fruiting,
- fruited,
- become of,
- come of,
- am due to,
- are due to,
- be due to,
- became of,
- becomes of,
- becoming of,
- being due to,
- came of,
- comes of,
- coming of,
- is due to,
- was due to,
- wast due to,
- were due to,
- wert due to,
- effect,
- fruition,
- outcropping,
- outcroppings,
- ensual,
- ensuals,
- out cropping,
- out-cropping.
- rise
- transpire
- develop
-
prevent
- corked,
- corking,
- hold off,
- ward off,
- Forfend,
- Preventing,
- turn aside,
- fore-stall,
- put an end to,
- turned aside,
- putting an end to,
- put a stop to,
- defend against,
- counter act,
- counter acted,
- counter acting,
- counter acts,
- counter-act,
- counter-acted,
- counter-acting,
- counter-acts,
- de bar,
- de barred,
- de barring,
- de bars,
- de-bar,
- de-barred,
- de-barring,
- de-bars,
- defended against,
- defending against,
- defends against,
- fore stall,
- fore stalling,
- fore stalls,
- fore-stalled,
- fore-stalling,
- fore-stalls,
- forfended,
- forfending,
- forfends,
- holds off,
- inter cept,
- inter dict,
- inter-cept,
- inter-dict,
- keep lid on,
- keeping lid on,
- keeps lid on,
- kept lid on,
- nip bud,
- nip in bud,
- nip the bud,
- pre vent,
- pre venting,
- pre vents,
- pre-vent,
- pre-vented,
- pre-venting,
- pre-vents,
- put end to,
- put stop to,
- puts a stop to,
- puts an end to,
- puts end to,
- puts stop to,
- putting a stop to,
- putting end to,
- putting stop to,
- re press,
- re pressed,
- re presses,
- re pressing,
- re strain,
- re strained,
- re straining,
- re strains,
- re strict,
- re-presses,
- re-pressing,
- re-strain,
- re-strained,
- re-straining,
- re-strains,
- re-strict,
- turning aside,
- turns aside.
- proceed
-
stem
- bring to a standstill,
- am bred,
- am brought about,
- am caused,
- are bred,
- are brought about,
- are caused,
- are generated,
- art bred,
- art brought about,
- art caused,
- art generated,
- be bred,
- be brought about,
- be caused,
- be generated,
- being bred,
- being brought about,
- being caused,
- being generated,
- bring a standstill,
- bring standstill,
- bring to standstill,
- bringing a standstill,
- bringing standstill,
- bringing to a standstill,
- bringing to standstill,
- brings a standstill,
- brings standstill,
- brings to a standstill,
- brings to standstill,
- brought a standstill,
- brought standstill,
- brought to a standstill,
- brought to standstill,
- is bred,
- is brought about,
- is caused,
- is generated,
- was bred,
- was brought about,
- was caused,
- was generated,
- wast bred,
- wast brought about,
- wast caused,
- wast generated,
- were bred,
- were brought about,
- were caused,
- were generated,
- wert bred,
- wert brought about,
- wert caused,
- wert generated,
- with stand,
- with standing,
- with stands,
- with stood,
- with-stand,
- with-standing,
- with-stands.
- eventuate
- come into being; proceed
- destroy; make whole into pieces
- bring into being; bring about
- begin; occur
- start to happen; come to pass
-
contribute, work towards an end
- go.
- bother, interfere
- keep from happening or continuing
- flow from; originate
-
become apparent
- rise.
-
come from
- stem.
-
prevent, hold back
- stop.
- occur, happen
-
end
- butt end,
- conclusion,
- expiry,
- finis,
- neb,
- nib,
- omega,
- sign off,
- terminal,
- termination,
- terminus,
- NEBS,
- signoff,
- finises,
- borderlines,
- butt ends,
- de mise,
- de mises,
- de sign,
- de signs,
- de-mise,
- de-mises,
- de-sign,
- de-signs,
- dis continuance,
- dis continuances,
- dis solution,
- dis solutions,
- dis-continuance,
- dis-continuances,
- dis-solution,
- dis-solutions,
- ex tent,
- ex tents,
- ex terminations,
- ex-tent,
- ex-tents,
- ex-termination,
- ex-terminations,
- expiries,
- in tent,
- in tents,
- omegas,
- sign offs,
- sign-off,
- sign-offs,
- signoffs,
- tag ends,
- ultimates,
- where heading,
- where headings,
- where one heading,
- where one's heading,
- where one's headings,
- where ones heading,
- where ones headings,
- wrap ups,
- wrap-up,
- wrap-ups,
- wrapup,
- wrapups.
- effect
- response
- influence
- sequel
- price
- fruit
-
resolution
- dis section,
- dis sections,
- dis-section,
- dis-sections,
- ex-position,
- ex-positions,
- pro position,
- pro positions,
- pro-positions,
- re citation,
- re citations,
- re commendation,
- re commendations,
- re solutions,
- re solve,
- re solves,
- re-citation,
- re-citations,
- re-commendation,
- re-commendations,
- re-solution,
- re-solutions,
- re-solve,
- re-solves,
- solvings,
- sorting out,
- sorting outs,
- un ravelling,
- un ravellings,
- un-ravelling,
- un-ravellings,
- unravellings,
- working outs.
- meaning
- importance
- by-product
- conclusion
- consequence
- count
-
decision
- prearrangement,
- Adjudicature,
- prearrangements,
- adjudicatures,
- de termination,
- de terminations,
- de-termination,
- de-terminations,
- pre arrangement,
- pre arrangements,
- pre-arrangement,
- re conciliation,
- re-conciliation,
- re-conciliations,
- the call,
- the calls,
- the nod,
- under standing,
- under standings,
- under-standing,
- under-standings.
- descendant
- development
- division
- handicraft
- issue
- mark
- numeration
- offspring
- payoff
- product
- ramification
- signification
- termination
- upshot
- aftermath
- catastrophe
- core
- deduction
- eventuality
- fate
- follow-up
-
harvest
- fruitage,
- croppings,
- fruitages,
- garnerings,
- harvest times,
- harvest-time,
- harvesttime,
- harvesttimes,
- in gathering,
- in gatherings,
- in take,
- in takes,
- in-gathering,
- in-gatherings,
- in-take,
- in-takes,
- ingatherings,
- out puts,
- out-put,
- out-puts,
- pro duce,
- pro duces,
- pro-duces,
- re-aping,
- reapings,
- storings,
- yieldings.
- outcome
- outgrowth
- proceeds
-
reaction
- counterrevolution,
- obscurantism,
- vibes,
- vibe,
- retrenchments,
- Counter-revolution,
- counter-balance,
- counter balance,
- counter balances,
- counter poise,
- counter poises,
- counter revolution,
- counter revolutions,
- counter-balances,
- counter-poise,
- counter-poises,
- counter-revolutions,
- counterrevolutions,
- double-take,
- double-takes,
- doubletake,
- doubletakes,
- knee-jerks,
- kneejerk,
- kneejerks,
- re action,
- re actions,
- re agencies,
- re agency,
- re bound,
- re bounds,
- re joinder,
- re joinders,
- re lapse,
- re lapses,
- re tort,
- re torts,
- re treats,
- re-action,
- re-actions,
- re-agencies,
- re-agency,
- re-bound,
- re-bounds,
- re-joinder,
- re-lapse,
- re-lapses,
- re-tort,
- re-torts,
- re-treat,
- re-treats,
- reagencies,
- reagency,
- toryisms.
- repercussion
- terminus
- situation following an event, occurrence
- adverse reaction
- scion
- side product
- calamity; unhappy conclusion
- agent, originator
-
belief; undertaking for belief
- end.
- result, outcome of action
-
center, gist
- core.
- conclusion, deduction
- backlash
- conclusion; resolution reached
- conclusion, understanding
- person in line of ancestry
- happening, incident
- something produced from separating
-
extreme, limit
- end.
- occurrence, happening
- something that probably will happen
-
predetermined course
- fate.
- result of labor
- artwork, skill
- crops; taking in of crops
- power, authority
- point in question
- child, children
- consequence, effect
- product, consequence
- conclusion, climax
- financial value
- earnings from business
- consequence, development
- answer, judgment
- effect brought about by something
-
benefit, gain
- sake.
- end result
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
let the cat ouf bag
- Antonyms:
- be quiet, conceal, hide.
