Word Type

Noun

Verb

Conjunction

The word "cause" can be used as noun, verb and conjunction.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

consequence effect

Capable Of

succeed effect suffer setback

Coordinate Terms

bring entrain occasion

Derived Terms

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 causeful causeless causer causingness common cause concause countercause efficient cause external cause final cause first cause for cause forcause formal cause good cause hour of cause intervening cause just cause lost cause make common cause material cause no one should be judge in his own cause order to show cause probable cause protocause proximate cause rebel without a cause root cause root-cause show cause style of cause subcause superseding cause supervening cause uncause uncause with cause without cause

Distinct From

effect solution

Etymologically Related To

because

Inflected/Variant Forms

because

Context

legal slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

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

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

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

Type Of (IsA)

justification origin

Manner Of

make

Related Terms

agency because because of beginning completion effect finish outcome

Related Terms

action affect aim and effect because catalyst cos effect effect starter effects factor gauze goal happen happened happens impetus initial initial impetus make make happen phenomenon principle produce reason reason for reason happened result saws selfish set off side side effect source starter statement suit transcend why why happened why happens

Synonym Network

because campaign causal agent grounds induce lawsuit

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.