Backwash and Factor

Backwash

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

Factor is an antonym for backwash.

Factor

Factor noun - A person who acts or does business for another.

Backwash is an antonym for factor.

How words are described

good good backwash good factor
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