Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Constancy of Sequence in Events

. Cause (Constant antecedent)

Nouns
  • cause, origin, source, principle, element
  • occasioner, prime mover
  • author etc. (producer) Producer
  • mainspring
  • agent
  • leaven
  • groundwork, foundation etc. (support) Support. spring, fountain, well, font
  • fountainhead, spring head, wellhead
  • genesis
  • descent etc. (paternity) Paternity
  • remote cause
  • influence. pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum
  • key
  • proximate cause
  • straw that breaks the camel's back. ground
  • reason, reason why
  • why and wherefore, rationale, occasion, derivation
  • final cause etc. (intention) Intention
  • undercurrents. rudiment. egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule, radicle, semen, sperm. nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed. causality, causation
  • origination
  • production etc. Production.
Verbs
  • be the cause of etc. n .
  • originate
  • give origin to, give rise, to, give occasion to
  • cause, occasion, sow the seeds of, kindle, suscitate
  • bring on, bring to bring pass, bring about
  • produce
  • create etc. Production
  • set up, set afloat, set on foot
  • found, broach, institute, lay the foundation of
  • lie at the root of. procure, induce, draw down, open the door to, superinduce, evoke, entail, operate
  • elicit, provoke. conduce to etc. (tend to) Tendency
  • contribute
  • have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie
  • determine, decide, turn the scale
  • have a common origin
  • derive its origin etc. (effect) [Constant sequent.] Effect.
Adjectives
  • caused etc. v.
  • causal, original
  • primary, primitive, primordial
  • aboriginal
  • protogenal
  • radical
  • embryonic, embryotic
  • in embryo
  • seminal, germinal
  • at the bottom of
  • connate, having a common origin.
Adverbs

Effect (Constant sequent)

Nouns
  • effect, consequence
  • aftergrowth, aftercome
  • derivative, derivation
  • result
  • resultant, resultance
  • upshot, issue, denouement
  • end etc. End
  • development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud. production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance
  • creature, creation
  • offspring, offshoot
  • firstfruits, firstlings
  • heredity, telegony
  • premices premises.
Verbs
  • be the effect of etc. n.
  • be due to, be owing to
  • originate in, originate from
  • rise from, arise, take its rise spring from, proceed from, emanate from, come from, grow from, bud from, sprout from, germinate from, issue from, flow from, result from, follow from, derive its origin from, accrue from
  • come to, come of, come out of
  • depend upon, hang upon, hinge upon, turn upon. take the consequences, sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
Adjectives
  • owing to
  • resulting from etc. v.
  • derivable from
  • due to
  • caused by etc. [Constant antecedent]. Cause
  • dependent upon
  • derived from, evolved from
  • derivative
  • hereditary
  • telegonous.
Adverbs
  • of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently
  • as a consequence, in consequence
  • through, all along of, necessarily, eventually.
Phrases
  • thereby hangs a tale" [Taming of the Shrew].

Attribution (Assignment of cause)

Nouns
  • attribution, theory, etiology, ascription, reference to, rationale
  • accounting for etc. v.
  • palaetiologyExistence, imputation, derivation from. filiation, affiliation
  • pedigree etc. (paternity) Paternity. explanation etc. (interpretation) Interpretation
  • reason why etc. (cause) [Constant antecedent]. Cause.
Verbs
  • attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to, trace to, bring home to
  • put down to, set down to, blame
  • charge on, ground on
  • invest with, assign as cause, lay at, the door of, father upon
  • account for, derive from, point out the reason etc. [Constant antecedent]. Cause
  • theorize
  • tell how it comes
  • put the saddle on the right horse.
Adjectives
  • attributed etc. v.
  • attributable etc. v.
  • referable to, referrible to, due to, derivable from
  • owing to etc. (effect) [Constant sequent.] Effect
  • putative
  • ecbatic.
Adverbs
  • hence, thence, therefore, for, since, on account of, because, owing to
  • on that account
  • from this cause, from that cause
  • thanks to, forasmuch as
  • whence, ? wherefore, ? whence, ? how comes it, how is it, how happens it, ? how does it happen, ? in some way, in some such way
  • somehow, somehow or other.
Phrases
  • that is why

Chance (Absence of assignable cause)

Nouns
  • chance, indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc, casualty, contingence, adventure, hit
  • fate etc. (necessity) Necessity
  • equal chance
  • lottery
  • tombola
  • toss up etc. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance
  • turn of the table, turn of the cards
  • hazard of the die, chapter of accidents, fickle finger of fate
  • cast of the dice, throw of the dice
  • heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel of Fortune
  • sortes, sortes Virgilianae. probability, possibility, odds
  • long odds, run of luck
  • accidentalness
  • main chance, odds on, favorable odds. contingency, dependence (uncertainty) Uncertainty
  • situation (circumstance) Circumstance. statistics, theory of Probabilities, theory of Chances
  • bookmaking
  • assurance
  • speculation, gaming etc. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance.
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
  • by chance, accidentally, by accident
  • casually
  • perchance etc. (possibly) Possibility
  • for aught one knows
  • as good would have it, as bad would have it, as luck would have it, as ill-luck would have it, as chance would have it
  • as it may be, as it may chance, as it may turn up, as it may happen
  • as the case may be.
Phrases
  • the accident of an accident" [Lord Thurlow]. There but for the grace of God go I"