Attribute
Attribute verb - To explain (something) as being the result of something else.
Usage example: attributed the quick rescue to the well-trained police force
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Synonyms for Attribute
Blame is a synonym for attribute in ascribe topic. In some cases you can use "Blame" instead a verb "Attribute", when it comes to topics like action.
How words are described
| rare | rare attribute | rare blame |
| actual | actual attribute | actual blame |
| huge | huge attribute | huge blame |
| main | main attribute | main blame |
| Other adjectives: personal. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- There's an article where a movie critic related how, when talking about Sofia Coppola to industry insiders, they always blame Coppola solely for her failures, but attribute any success she has to either her father or the male actors/producers/etc.
Source: Never a Self-Made Woman
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Blame and Attribute. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attribute/blame
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