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| 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: | result |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen, develop |
| Synonyms: | accrue, appear, arise, attend, come about, come from, come out, conclude, culminate, derive, effect, emanate, emerge, end, ensue, eventuate, finish, flow, follow, fruit, germinate, grow, issue, occur, originate, pan out, proceed, produce, rise, spring, stem, terminate, turn out, wind up, work out, be due to, become of, come forth, come of, eventualize |
| Antonyms: | cause |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reply; reaction |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, back talk, close, comeback, comment, cooler*, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff*, interpretation, justification, key, lip*, observation, pay dirt*, plea, quick fix*, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, riposte, sign, solution, statement, vindication, wisecrack, antiphon, backcap, band-aid, counterclaim, parting shot, rhetorical question, thank-you note, the ticket, topper |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Antonyms: | question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | backwash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repercussion |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, result, wake |
| Main Entry: | by-product |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | side product |
| Synonyms: | after-effect, consequence, offshoot, outgrowth, repercussion, result, side effect, fall-out, spinoff |
| Main Entry: | come about |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
| Synonyms: | arise, befall, occur, result, transpire, come to pass, take place |
| Main Entry: | come from |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arise, emanate |
| Synonyms: | accrue, derive from, ejaculate, emerge, end up, flow, issue, originate, proceed, result, rise, spring, stem, turn out, hail from |
| Main Entry: | corollary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, deduction |
| Synonyms: | analogy, consequence, culmination, effect, end, end product, induction, inference, issue, precipitate, result, sequel, sequence, upshot, aftereffect |
| Main Entry: | count |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tally; number |
| Synonyms: | calculation, computation, enumeration, outcome, poll, reckoning, result, sum, toll, total, whole, numbering |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
| Main Entry: | ensue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start to happen; come to pass |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, attend, befall, come up, derive, develop, emanate, eventuate, flow, follow, issue, occur, proceed, result, stem, succeed, turn out, turn up, be consequent on, be subsequent to, come after, come next, eventualize, supervene |
| Antonyms: | precede, antecede |
| 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: | eventuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be a consequence |
| Synonyms: | befall, come about, end, ensue, follow, happen, issue, occur, result, stop, terminate, be consequent, come to pass, eventualize, take place |
| Antonyms: | cause |
| Main Entry: | evolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop, progress |
| Synonyms: | advance, derive, disclose, educe, elaborate, emerge, enlarge, excogitate, expand, get, grow, increase, mature, obtain, open, result, ripen, unfold, work out |
| Antonyms: | block, decrease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | flow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | issue, surge, run out |
| Synonyms: | abound, arise, brim, cascade, circulate, continue, course, deluge, discharge, dribble, ebb, emanate, emerge, emit, exude, flood, glide, gurgle, gush, inundate, jet, leak, move, ooze, overflow, pass, percolate, pour, proceed, progress, regurgitate, result, ripple, roll, rush, slide, sluice, spew, spill, splash, spring, spurt, sputter, squirt, stream, sweep, swell, swirl, teem, trickle, tumble, void, disembogue, exudate, pullulate, smooth along, well forth |
| Antonyms: | trickle |
| Main Entry: | handicraft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | artwork, skill |
| Synonyms: | achievement, art, calling, craft, creation, design, handiwork, invention, métier, product, production, profession, result, trade, vocation, artifact, artisanship, craftship |
| Main Entry: | happen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to pass; occur |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, arrive, befall, betide, bump, chance, come about, come off, develop, down, ensue, eventuate, fall, follow, go on, hit, issue, light, luck, materialize, meet, pass, proceed, recur, result, shake, smoke*, spring, stumble, transpire, turn out, turn up, be found, become a fact, become known, become of, come after, come into being, come into existence, crop up, present itself, stumble upon, supervene, take effect, take place, what goes |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harvest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crops; taking in of crops |
| Synonyms: | autumn, by-product, consequence, effect, fall, fruition, gathering, harvesting, intake, output, produce, repercussion, result, return, season, summer, yield, yielding, cropping, fruitage, garnering, harvest-time, ingathering, reaping, storing |
| 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: | pan out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to pass; succeed |
| Synonyms: | click*, come out*, culminate, eventuate, go, go over*, happen, net*, result, turn out, work out, yield, prove out |
| Antonyms: | fail, not happen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | payoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, climax |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, clincher*, consequence, culmination, day of reckoning*, finale, judgment, moment of truth*, outcome, pay, payment, punch line*, result, retribution, reward, settlement, upshot*, final reckoning |
| Antonyms: | introduction, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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