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Synonyms for cause
Synonyms for cause: drive, make and reason. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for cause
Interchangeable with cause, one per sense
Audited under cause's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one cause carries in that sense.
- drivenoun, in the sense "a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end"
- makeverb, in the sense "give rise to"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name cause as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- reasonreason is a noun in the sense "a justification for something existing or happening"
two of these come from cause's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
They worked in the cause of world peace.
cause in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The volunteers at the shelter believed deeply in their cause and rarely missed a Saturday shift.
- She wrote a letter to the newspaper urging readers to support the cause of clean drinking water.
How it behaves: In this sense cause usually appears as "the cause of X" or as the object of verbs like support, serve, or champion, in an earnest, often political or humanitarian register.
The true synonym
drive
Same sentence, swapped: They worked in the drive of world peace.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- reason
- case
- risk
give rise to
Cause a commotion.
cause in 2 more sentences, same sense
- A loose cable under the desk can cause a power outage across the whole office floor.
- Leaving the pan unattended will cause the sauce to boil over onto the stove.
How it behaves: Cause typically takes a direct object naming the effect and is often followed by an infinitive with 'to', as in cause something to happen.
The true synonym
make
Same sentence, swapped: Make a commotion.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- beat
- fire
- reason
Opposites, in this sense
prevent and avert reverse cause as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of cause takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- prevent
- avert
Where cause turns up in the game
cause is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where cause is the trap
- casenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is example, in the sense "an occurrence of something", so cause is there to be ruled out.
- casenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is shell, in the sense "the housing or outer covering of something", so cause is there to be ruled out.
- drivenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is ride, in the sense "a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)", with cause sitting one tile away.
- reasonnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is understanding, in the sense "the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination", so cause is there to be ruled out.
Play cause
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so cause reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company cause keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. cause carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.