Causative and Secondary

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Causative adjective - Producing an effect.

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Secondary is an antonym for causative.

Nearby Words: cause, causation, causal, causality, causer

Secondary adjective - Taken or created from something original or basic.

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Causative is an antonym for secondary in topics: subordinate, derivative.

Nearby Words: second, secondarily

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