Cause

//kɔːz//

Synonyms for "cause" (251 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (51)

Strong matches (75)

Related words (125)

guiding star hatch have ideal impel implement impulse inasmuch as inaugurate incentive inducement industrialize inspiration inspire institute intention interest issue judicial process justification

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Verb(8 words)

have induce make mean produce sensation set off stimulate trigger

Noun(17 words)

intention justification lawsuit movement object objective occasion origin precipitator principle purpose root source success suit target telos

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

15 relation types

More general

13 entries

act create inception justification legal proceeding make move origin origination physical entity proceeding proceedings venture

More specific

9 entries

first cause first mover fountainhead mainspring prime mover primum mobile springhead wellhead wellspring

Antonyms

2 entries

consequence effect

Synonyms

6 entries

because campaign causal agent grounds induce lawsuit

Related terms

8 entries

agency because because of beginning completion effect finish outcome

capable of

2 entries

succeed effect suffer setback

coordinate

3 entries

bring entrain occasion

derived

54 entries

all-cause because by-cause bycause causable causal causality causation causative cause a stir cause and effect cause celebre cause célèbre cause of action cause of death causee

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distinct from

2 entries

effect solution

etymologically related_to

1 entries

because

form of

1 entries

because

has context

2 entries

legal slang

is a

2 entries

justification origin

manner of

1 entries

make

related to

41 entries

action affect aim and effect because catalyst cos effect effect starter effects factor gauze goal happen happened happens

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Translations

266 translations across 90 languages.

Afrikaans

3 entries

oorsaak noun (source or reason of an event or action)
veroorsaak verb (to set off an event or action)
veroorsaak verb (to produce as a result)

Albanian

3 entries

arsye noun (source or reason of an event or action)
ngajë noun (source or reason of an event or action)
shkaktoj verb (to set off an event or action)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

αἰτία noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Arabic

4 entries

سبب noun (source or reason of an event or action)
سبب noun (source or reason of an event or action)
سَبَب noun (source or reason of an event or action)
قَضِيَّة noun (goal, aim, principle)

Armenian

2 entries

պատճառ noun (source or reason of an event or action)
պատճառել verb (to set off an event or action)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

bais noun (source or reason of an event or action)
iş noun (goal, aim, principle)
səbəb noun (source or reason of an event or action)
bais olmaq verb (to set off an event or action)

Bashkir

1 entries

сәбәп noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Basque

1 entries

kausa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Belarusian

2 entries

прычы́на noun (source or reason of an event or action)
прычыня́ць verb (to set off an event or action)

Bengali

2 entries

কারণ noun (source or reason of an event or action)
ঘটানো verb (to set off an event or action)

Bulgarian

4 entries

кауза noun (goal, aim, principle)
по́вод noun (source or reason of an event or action)
причи́на noun (source or reason of an event or action)
предизвиквам verb (to produce as a result)

Catalan

3 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)
causa noun (goal, aim, principle)
causar verb (to set off an event or action)

Cebuano

1 entries

kawsa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

原因 noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Czech

4 entries

cíl noun (goal, aim, principle)
důvod noun (source or reason of an event or action)
důvod noun (goal, aim, principle)
příčina noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Danish

4 entries

sag noun (goal, aim, principle)
årsag noun (source or reason of an event or action)
forårsage verb (to set off an event or action)
gør verb (to produce as a result)

Dutch

4 entries

aanleiding noun (source or reason of an event or action)
doel noun (goal, aim, principle)
oorzaak noun (source or reason of an event or action)
reden noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

амал noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Esperanto

2 entries

kaŭzo noun (source or reason of an event or action)
kaŭzi verb (to set off an event or action)

Estonian

4 entries

ajend noun (source or reason of an event or action)
alus noun (source or reason of an event or action)
eesmärk noun (goal, aim, principle)
põhjus noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Etruscan

1 entries

𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Finnish

4 entries

asia noun (goal, aim, principle)
juuri noun (source or reason of an event or action)
lähde noun (source or reason of an event or action)
syy noun (source or reason of an event or action)

French

4 entries

cause noun (source or reason of an event or action)
cause noun (goal, aim, principle)
raison noun (source or reason of an event or action)
causer verb (to set off an event or action)

Galician

3 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)
causa noun (goal, aim, principle)
causar verb (to produce as a result)

Georgian

4 entries

მიზეზი noun (source or reason of an event or action)
საფუძველი noun (source or reason of an event or action)
გამოწვევა verb (to set off an event or action)
წარმოქმნა verb (to produce as a result)

German

4 entries

Anlass noun (source or reason of an event or action)
Grund noun (source or reason of an event or action)
Sache noun (goal, aim, principle)
Ursache noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Greek

4 entries

αιτία noun (source or reason of an event or action)
λόγος noun (source or reason of an event or action)
σκοπός noun (goal, aim, principle)
προκαλώ verb (to set off an event or action)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

lakòz noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Hebrew

3 entries

מַטָּרָה noun (goal, aim, principle)
סיבה \ סִבָּה noun (source or reason of an event or action)
גרם verb (to set off an event or action)

Hindi

2 entries

कारण noun (source or reason of an event or action)
लक्ष्य noun (goal, aim, principle)

Hungarian

4 entries

ok noun (source or reason of an event or action)
előidéz verb (to set off an event or action)
kivált verb (to set off an event or action)
okoz verb (to set off an event or action)

Icelandic

3 entries

málstaður noun (goal, aim, principle)
orsök noun (source or reason of an event or action)
valda verb (to set off an event or action)

Ido

3 entries

efektigar verb (to set off an event or action)
igar verb (to set off an event or action)
kauzigar verb (to set off an event or action)

Indonesian

4 entries

kausa noun (source or reason of an event or action)
penyebab noun (source or reason of an event or action)
menyebabkan verb (to set off an event or action)
menyebabkan verb (to produce as a result)

Ingrian

1 entries

synnyttää verb (to set off an event or action)

Irish

2 entries

réasún noun (source or reason of an event or action)
siocair noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Italian

4 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)
causa noun (goal, aim, principle)
causare verb (to set off an event or action)
ottenere verb (to produce as a result)

Japanese

4 entries

原因 noun (source or reason of an event or action)
大義 noun (goal, aim, principle)
原因となる verb (to set off an event or action)
引き起こす verb (to set off an event or action)

Khmer

1 entries

ហេតុ noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Kilivila

1 entries

uula noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Korean

2 entries

원인 noun (source or reason of an event or action)
일으키다 verb (to set off an event or action)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

шылтоо noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Latin

4 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)
causa noun (goal, aim, principle)
ratiō noun (source or reason of an event or action)
creō verb (to produce as a result)

Latvian

2 entries

cēlonis noun (source or reason of an event or action)
iemesls noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Lithuanian

3 entries

pagrindas noun (source or reason of an event or action)
priežastis noun (source or reason of an event or action)
sukelti verb (to set off an event or action)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

póraś verb (to produce as a result)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Ursaach noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Macedonian

1 entries

при́чина noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Malay

2 entries

pasal noun (source or reason of an event or action)
sebab noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Maltese

1 entries

kaġun noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Māori

2 entries

whakataenga noun (source or reason of an event or action)
whakatae verb (to set off an event or action)

Nepali

1 entries

गोल noun (goal, aim, principle)

North Frisian

4 entries

(Langenhorn) uursaage noun (source or reason of an event or action)
(Ockholm) uursååge noun (source or reason of an event or action)
grünj noun (source or reason of an event or action)
uursaag noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Norwegian

2 entries

grunn noun (source or reason of an event or action)
årsak noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

forårsake verb (to set off an event or action)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

forårsake verb (to set off an event or action)

Occitan

1 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Old English

1 entries

intinga noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Old Irish

1 entries

accuis noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

سبب noun (source or reason of an event or action)
علت noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Persian

2 entries

سبب noun (source or reason of an event or action)
باعث شدن verb (to set off an event or action)

Polish

3 entries

przyczyna noun (source or reason of an event or action)
powodować verb (to set off an event or action)
spowodować verb (to set off an event or action)

Portuguese

4 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)
causa noun (goal, aim, principle)
causar verb (to set off an event or action)
causar verb (to produce as a result)

Romanian

4 entries

cauză noun (source or reason of an event or action)
cauză noun (goal, aim, principle)
cauza verb (to set off an event or action)
pricinui verb (to set off an event or action)

Russian

4 entries

де́ло noun (goal, aim, principle)
основа́ние noun (source or reason of an event or action)
причи́на noun (source or reason of an event or action)
стремление noun (goal, aim, principle)

Sanskrit

1 entries

हेतु noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Sardinian

1 entries

càusa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Saterland Frisian

2 entries

Gruund noun (source or reason of an event or action)
Uurseeke noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

adhbhar noun (source or reason of an event or action)
adhbhar noun (goal, aim, principle)
adhbharaich verb (to set off an event or action)
adhbharaich verb (to produce as a result)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

cȋlj noun (goal, aim, principle)
prìncīp noun (goal, aim, principle)
rázlog noun (source or reason of an event or action)
stvȃr noun (goal, aim, principle)

Sicilian

1 entries

causanza noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Sikkimese

1 entries

རྐྱེན noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Slovak

1 entries

príčina noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Slovene

4 entries

razlog noun (source or reason of an event or action)
stvar noun (goal, aim, principle)
vzrok noun (source or reason of an event or action)
povzročiti verb (to set off an event or action)

Spanish

3 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)
causa noun (goal, aim, principle)
causar verb (to set off an event or action)

Swedish

4 entries

grund noun (source or reason of an event or action)
orsak noun (source or reason of an event or action)
förorsaka verb (to set off an event or action)
orsaka verb (to set off an event or action)

Tagalog

1 entries

kawsa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Tajik

1 entries

сабаб noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Tamil

1 entries

ஏற்படுத்து verb (to set off an event or action)

Thai

1 entries

สาเหตุ noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Turkish

4 entries

neden noun (source or reason of an event or action)
sebep noun (source or reason of an event or action)
sebep olmak verb (to set off an event or action)
uğratmak verb (to set off an event or action)

Ukrainian

4 entries

причи́на noun (source or reason of an event or action)
спра́ва noun (goal, aim, principle)
ви́кликати verb (to set off an event or action)
виклика́ти verb (to set off an event or action)

Urdu

3 entries

باعث noun (source or reason of an event or action)
سبب noun (source or reason of an event or action)
وجہ noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Uyghur

2 entries

خۇسۇس noun (source or reason of an event or action)
سەۋەپ noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Uzbek

1 entries

sabab noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Vietnamese

1 entries

nguyên nhân noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Welsh

4 entries

achos noun (source or reason of an event or action)
achos noun (goal, aim, principle)
achosi verb (to set off an event or action)
achosi verb (to produce as a result)

West-Frisian

1 entries

oarsaak noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Zazaki

1 entries

sebeb noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Zulu

1 entries

umsuka noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.

Source: tatoeba (2259)

You are always the cause of my worries.

Source: tatoeba (16767)

You have no cause for anger.

Source: tatoeba (17498)

What was the cause of your quarrel?

Source: tatoeba (17661)

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