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:
    inactivity, quiescence, helplessness, consideration, stimulus, foundation, reason, source, instigation, inertia, endurance, incentive, deliberation, mother, suffering, inaction, origin, occasion, ground, immobility, quiet, cessation, factor, impotence, determinant, base, groundwork, causation, root, impotency, cause, weakness, suspension, impetus, spring, passion, antecedent, powerlessness, rest, inspiration, immovables, basis, real estate.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    abolish, antecedent, arrest, base, basis, beginning, can, causation, cause, check, clamp down, close, commencement, consideration, control, crack down, crush, curb, dampen, demolish, deny, destroy, determinant, disallow, discourage, disregard, effective, end, extinguish, factor, fail, failure, finish, forget, foundation, give up, ground, groundwork, halt, helplessness, hinder, ignore, impede, impetus, impotence, impotency, incapacity, incentive, incompetence, inefficiency, inhibit, inspiration, instigation, lapse, limit, liquidate, lose, miss, mother, occasion, origin, overlook, powerlessness, prevent, quash, quell, quench, question, real estate, reason, refuse, rein, rein in, repress, restrain, restrict, root, ruin, smother, snuff, snuff out, source, spring, squash, squelch, start, stifle, still, stimulus, stop, subdue, successful, successfully, suppress, wear off, put down, immovables, retard, crack down on, clamp down on.

• 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.