Backwash and Cause

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Backwash noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

Usage example: a general recession was the backwash of the crisis in the housing market

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Cause is an antonym for backwash.

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Backwash is an antonym for cause.

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

good backwash

good cause

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Cause and Backwash. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/backwash/cause

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Cause or Backwash. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/backwash/cause.

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