All effect synonyms
efΒ·fect
E e verb effect
- bring about β To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- achieve β If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- implement β any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
- realize β to grasp or understand clearly.
- secure β free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- effectuate β to bring about; effect.
- conclude β If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- actuate β If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
- buy β If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
- sell β to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
- render β to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.
- perform β to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- actualize β to make actual or real
- make β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- cause β a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- begin β To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- unzip β to open the zipper of.
- complete β You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- invoke β to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- procure β to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- induce β to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- produce β to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- generate β to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- conceive β If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
- yield β to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
- initiate β to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
- consummate β You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
- fulfill β to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
- create β To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- carry out β If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
- realise β to grasp or understand clearly.
- accomplish β If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
noun effect
- result β to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- consequence β The consequences of something are the results or effects of it.
- outcome β a final product or end result; consequence; issue.
- upshot β the final issue, the conclusion, or the result: The upshot of the disagreement was a new bylaw.
- conclusion β When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
- aftermath β The aftermath of an important event, especially a harmful one, is the situation that results from it.
- development β Development is the gradual growth or formation of something.
- fallout β the settling to the ground of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere from the earth by explosions, eruptions, forest fires, etc., especially such settling from nuclear explosions (radioactive fallout) Compare rainout.
- issue β the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- ramification β the act or process of ramifying.
- reaction β a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- repercussion β an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- response β an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- aftereffect β The aftereffects of an event, experience, or substance are the conditions which result from it.
- backlash β A backlash against a tendency or recent development in society or politics, is a sudden, strong reaction against it.
- backwash β The backwash of an event or situation is an unpleasant situation that exists after it and as a result of it.
- corollary β A corollary of something is an idea, argument, or fact that results directly from it.
- denouement β In a book, play, or series of events, the denouement is the sequence of events at the end, when things come to a conclusion.