Cause
Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Lure
Lure noun - Something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good cause | good lure |
| usual | usual cause | usual lure |
| initial | initial cause | initial lure |
| single | single cause | single lure |
| Other adjectives: obvious, real, great. | ||
Common collocations
| people | cause people | lure people |
Both words in one sentence
- Space 1889 The cause of all the player characters troubles in Beastmen of Mars is that a powerful being is scheming to lure humans to him simply so he can satisfy his curiosity about them.
Source: Intrigued by Humanity - The solution that was being built up to was a weapon that could cause suns to go supernova, with the idea to lure Reapers into the system.
Source: Fan Fic / Mass Vexations -
Well what if we lure them into a valley and cause a stampede... Haku: [The Lion King.] Zabuza: Turn them all into frogs and make everything really racist.
Cite this Source
Lure and Cause. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/lure
Cause & Lure. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/lure>.
Lure or Cause. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/lure.
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