Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

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