causal agent

Questions about causal agent

What is another word for causal agent?

It depends which causal agent you mean. In the sense “any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results”, the synonyms are cause, causal agency. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of causal agent?

WordNet records no antonym for causal agent. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for causal agent come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of causal agent

• Full entry for causal agentAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for causal agentWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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