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aftermath - 14 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | aftermath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation following an event, occurrence |
| Synonyms: | chain reaction*, consequences, end, eventuality, flak*, impact, issue, outcome, payoff*, remainder, residual, upshot, after-effects, causatum, residuum, results, waves |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | after-effect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repercussion |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, consequence, hangover*, offshoot, trail, wake, aftershock, followup |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | backwash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repercussion |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, result, wake |
| Main Entry: | eventuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that probably will happen |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, case, chance, consequence, contingency, effect, event, happening, issue, likelihood, outcome, possibility, probability, result, sequel, toss-up, upshot*, aftereffect, any case, go-down, goings-on |
| Antonyms: | improbability, unlikelihood |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outcome |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consequence, effect |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, chain reaction*, conclusion, end, event, fallout, issue, payback*, payoff*, reaction, result, score, sequel, upshot*, aftereffect, blowoff, causatum, end result |
| Antonyms: | beginning, cause, origin, source |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | product |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | result or goods created |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, amount, blend, brand, brew, by-product, commodity, compound, concoction, confection, consequence, contrivance, creation, crop, device, effect, emolument, fabrication, fruit, gain, handiwork, invention, issue, legacy, line, manufacture, merchandise, offshoot, outcome, outgrowth, output, preparation, produce, production, profit, realization, result, stock, synthetic, upshot, work, yield, artifact, decoction, returns, spinoff |
| Antonyms: | cause, resource |
| Main Entry: | result |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effect brought about by something |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, arrangement, backwash*, by-product, close, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, corollary, creature, crop, decision, denouement, determination, development, emanation, end, event, eventuality, execution, finish, fruit*, fruition, harvest, issue, offshoot*, outcome, outgrowth, payoff, proceeds, product, production, reaction, repercussion, sequel, sequence, settlement, termination, upshot, aftereffect, ensual, outcropping, returns |
| Antonyms: | cause, source |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sequel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | follow-up |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, alternation, chain, close, conclusion, consequence, continuation, development, effect, end, ending, epilogue, eventuality, finish, issue, order, outcome, payoff, progression, result, row, sequence, series, spin-off*, termination, train, upshot, aftereffect, causatum, closing, consecution, finishing, part two, sequent |
| Antonyms: | original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | upshot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end result |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, burden, climax, completion, conclusion, consequence, core, culmination, denouement, development, effect, end, ending, event, eventuality, finale, finish, gist, issue, meaning, meat*, outcome, payoff, pith*, purport, result, sense, sequel, substance, termination, thrust, aftereffect |
| Antonyms: | cause, origin, source |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | side effect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adverse or unwanted secondary effect |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, concomitant, corollary, leftover, offshoot, reaction, aftereffect, aftertaste, byproduct, carryover, secondary response, side issue, sidebar, spinoff |
| Main Entry: | consequence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | result, outcome of action |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, bottom line*, can of worms*, chain reaction*, effect, end, event, fallout, follow through, issue, outgrowth, payback, reaction, repercussion, sequel, sequence, spin-off, upshot, aftereffect, follow-up, waves |
| Antonyms: | beginning, cause, commencement, inception, origin, rise, source, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | result |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, backlash, backwash, can of worms*, chain reaction*, conclusion, consequence, corollary, denouement, development, end, end product, event, eventuality, fallout, flak*, follow through, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, ramification, reaction, reflex, repercussion, response, sequel, sequence, side effect, spin-off, upshot*, aftereffect, causatum, follow-up, pursuance, waves |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
| Antonyms: | beginning, cause, commencement, foundation, origin, source, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effect, result |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, case, chance, conclusion, consequence, end, eventuality, happenstance, issue, offshoot, outcome, outgrowth, product, sequel, termination, upshot, aftereffect, causatum, end result, fortuity, hap, resultant, sequent |
| Antonyms: | cause, source |
| Main Entry: | wake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trail behind something |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, backwash, furrow, path, track, train, wash, wave |
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