Definition for Effect:

• That which is produced by an operating agent or cause: the result or consequence of the application of a cause or of the action of an agent on some subject: consequence: result: as, the effect of luxury, of intemperance, of cold, etc.: he spoke with great effect: the effect of this war was the breaking up of the kingdom. " Effect is the substance produced, or simple idea introduced into any subject by the exerting of power."- Locke. Power to- produce consequences or results: force: validity: importance: account: as, the obligation is void and of no effect. " Christ is become of no effect to you."- Gal. v. 4. Purport: tenor: import or general intent: as, he made the purchase for his friend, and immediately wrote him to that effect: his speech was to the effect that, etc.: completion: perfection. " Not so worthily to be brought to heroical effect by fortune or necessity."- Sir P. Sidney. Reality: not mere appearance: fact: substance. " No other in effect than what it seems."- Denham. " To say of a celebrated piece that there are faults in it, is, in effect, to say the author is a man."- Addison. The impression produced on the mind, as by natural scenery, a picture, musical composition, or other work or art, by the object as a whole, before its details are examined: the ensemble or general result of all the qualities of a work of art. " The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place."- W. Irving. ( pl.) Goods: movables: personal estate: as, the people escaped from the iown with their effects.

Synonyms for Effect:

• n.

  •
  • harvest,
  • sequent,
  • corollary.
  •
  • effectuality,
  • effectiveness,
  • influence,
  • potency.
  •
  • create.
  •attribute (noun)
  • impression,
  • force.
  •effect (noun)
  • fruit,
  • offspring,
  • effectuate,
  • aftereffect,
  • outgrowth,
  • eventuality,
  • upshot,
  • wake,
  • impression,
  • sequence,
  • aftermath,
  • bring about,
  • consequence,
  • event,
  • force,
  • result,
  • issue,
  • outcome.
  •impact (noun)
  • influence,
  • impact.
  •impact, impression (noun)
  • influence,
  • effectiveness,
  • power,
  • use,
  • force.
  •influence (noun)
  • impression,
  • effectiveness.
  •result (noun)
  • fruit,
  • consequence,
  • issue,
  • eventuality,
  • outcome,
  • follow-up,
  • outgrowth,
  • aftermath,
  • sequel,
  • event,
  • upshot,
  • aftereffect,
  • sequence,
  • corollary,
  • development.
  •sequel (noun)
  • posterity,
  • postscript,
  • Postlude,
  • sequel,
  • codicil,
  • descendant,
  • epilog,
  • legacy,
  • afterthought,
  • coda.

• v.

  •apply (verb)
  • employ,
  • apply,
  • exercise,
  • conduct,
  • implement,
  • operate,
  • utilize,
  • use,
  • serve,
  • exert,
  • practice,
  • function.
  •carry out, accomplish (verb)
  • execute,
  • consummate,
  • enact,
  • perform,
  • generate,
  • effectuate,
  • implement,
  • fulfill,
  • achieve,
  • cause,
  • induce,
  • bring about,
  • draw on,
  • produce,
  • procure,
  • enforce,
  • create,
  • bring on,
  • give rise to,
  • realize,
  • complete,
  • make.
  •cause (verb)
  • originate,
  • provoke,
  • motivate,
  • engineer,
  • bring about,
  • cause,
  • produce,
  • force,
  • drive,
  • act,
  • evoke,
  • enforce,
  • engender,
  • inspire,
  • give rise to,
  • induce,
  • make,
  • generate,
  • elicit,
  • execute.
  •creation (verb)
  • effectuate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • effectuality,
  • achieve,
  • fulfill,
  • obtain,
  • effectiveness.
  •
  • contrive.
  •
  • impact,
  • influence,
  • corollary.
  •
  • harvest,
  • potency,
  • bring.
  •carry out
  • DO.
  •enact
  • enact.
  •Other relevant words:
  • harvest,
  • corollary,
  • effectuality,
  • display,
  • DO,
  • procure,
  • accomplish,
  • contrive,
  • impact,
  • call forth,
  • sequent,
  • achieve,
  • attain,
  • bring,
  • development,
  • breed,
  • get,
  • complete,
  • influence,
  • impression,
  • semblance,
  • consummate,
  • discharge,
  • offshoot,
  • show,
  • likeness,
  • resultant,
  • power,
  • carry out,
  • value,
  • draw on,
  • lead,
  • potency,
  • fulfill,
  • fetch,
  • cogence,
  • realize,
  • obtain,
  • occasion,
  • draw down,
  • effectiveness,
  • fulfil,
  • enact,
  • seeming,
  • work,
  • Ostent,
  • create,
  • bring to pass,
  • effectuate,
  • pressure,
  • Eventuation,
  • image,
  • front,
  • consequent,
  • cogency,
  • bring on,
  • compass,
  • perform.

Antonyms for Effect:

• n.

  • impact, impression
    neglect, powerlessness, weakness, unimportance, impotence, incapacity, incompetence, inefficiency, disregard, failure.
  • result
    start, cause, origin, source, beginning, commencement, question, foundation.
  • Other antonyms:
    immovables, inspiration, cessation, suspension, deliberation, passion, quiet, inertia, impetus, spring, source, impotency, powerlessness, basis, instigation, helplessness, ground, impotence, foundation, origin, immobility, root, rest, quiescence, real estate, factor, determinant, stimulus, mother, weakness, inactivity, inaction, groundwork, suffering, endurance, consideration, base, incentive.

• v.

  • carry out, accomplish
    deny, stop, close, ignore, finish, halt, hinder, miss, ruin, lose, end, forget, fail, overlook, veto, refuse, give up, destroy, discourage, disallow, prevent.