Definition for Lead to:

• Same as cause; as, the roaring stock market led to an increase in the purchase of big-ticket items during the 1996 Christmas season.

Synonyms for Lead to:

• n.

  •
  • deter.
  •
  • cause.

• v.

  •clue (verb)
  • hint,
  • apprise,
  • leave tracks,
  • advise,
  • suggest,
  • give the skinny on,
  • leave evidence,
  • indicate,
  • acquaint,
  • wise up,
  • leave trace,
  • post,
  • warn,
  • give the lowdown,
  • fill in,
  • point to,
  • tell,
  • intimate,
  • notify.
  •engender (verb)
  • bring about,
  • foment,
  • propagate,
  • develop,
  • spawn,
  • arouse,
  • procreate,
  • beget,
  • quicken,
  • give birth to,
  • rouse,
  • stimulate,
  • bring forth,
  • instigate,
  • excite.
  •entail (verb)
  • demand,
  • entangle,
  • impose,
  • involve,
  • call for,
  • require,
  • necessitate,
  • tangle,
  • encompass.
  •get at (verb)
  • lead up to,
  • purpose,
  • aim,
  • imply.
  •give information (verb)
  • clue.
  •preface (verb)
  • launch,
  • lead,
  • usher,
  • precede,
  • prefix,
  • commence.
  •provoke (verb)
  • build up,
  • rally,
  • galvanize,
  • animate,
  • Roust,
  • electrify,
  • fire,
  • pique,
  • enthuse,
  • bestir,
  • draw forth,
  • waken,
  • innervate,
  • thrill,
  • titivate,
  • bring to one's feet,
  • Suscitate,
  • challenge,
  • bring down,
  • Innerve,
  • call forth,
  • prime,
  • inflame,
  • awaken,
  • titillate,
  • whet.
  •require; result in (verb)
  • entail.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • drive away,
  • engulf,
  • banish,
  • rehabilitate,
  • Ingenerate,
  • smite,
  • sear,
  • reform,
  • effectuate,
  • convince,
  • desensitize,
  • lance,
  • turn against,
  • harden,
  • reflect on,
  • influence,
  • invigorate,
  • sensitize,
  • trigger,
  • stalk.
  •
  • subvert,
  • prejudice,
  • decide,
  • alienate,
  • put off,
  • ennoble,
  • warp,
  • bias,
  • transport,
  • melt,
  • color,
  • inform.
  •
  • induce,
  • inspire,
  • puncture,
  • knock out,
  • grip,
  • blind,
  • skew,
  • generate.
  •
  • stir,
  • plant,
  • cut down,
  • feed.
  •
  • talk,
  • catch.
  •
  • drive,
  • bring.
  •
  • give.
  •
  • have.
  •
  • make.
  •bring on
  • giving rise to,
  • gives rise to,
  • leading to,
  • led to,
  • gave rise to,
  • inspires,
  • leads to,
  • give rise to.
  •cause
  • think up,
  • start the ball rolling,
  • fires up,
  • thought up,
  • resulting in,
  • be at the bottom of,
  • start ball rolling,
  • result in,
  • work up,
  • evoked,
  • makes up,
  • sow seeds,
  • sow the seeds,
  • resulted in,
  • hatch,
  • fire up,
  • originates,
  • get things rolling.

Antonyms for Lead to:

• v.

  • cause
    delay, cover, stop, close, finish, prevent, repress, destroy, block, hinder, ruin, end, hide, obstruct, impede, keep, halt, deter, discourage.
  • clue
    deceive, mislead, withhold, conceal, keep secret.
  • engender
    kill, wait, calm, dull.
  • entail
    untangle, untwist, exclude.
  • get at
    pass, miss.
  • go
    mismatch, leave, cease, be born, surrender, create, stay, break, quit, give up, cause, disagree.
  • induce
    fail, leave alone, lose, dissuade, repel.
  • make
    demote, measure, disorder, calculate, separate, disallow, dismantle, divide, disarrange, crush, tell truth, refute, disperse, neglect, refuse, veto, terminate, derange, demolish, scatter, deny, ignore, disorganize, confuse, raze, renounce.
  • occasion
    suppress, result.
  • preface
    conclude, follow, complete.
  • provoke
    delight, disenchant, dishearten, depress, bore, make happy, please, weaken, deaden, put out.