Cause and Source

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Cause

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

Usage example: the much-debated causes of the American Civil War

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Source is a synonym for cause in origin topic. In some cases you can use "Source" instead a noun "Cause", when it comes to topics like thing, agent, primal source.

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

Source

Source noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Cause is a synonym for source in beginning topic. You can use "Cause" instead a noun "Source", if it concerns topics such as thing, origin, primal source.

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known	known cause	known source
good	good cause	good source
common	common cause	common source
original	original cause	original source
Other adjectives: true, single, likely, actual, real, big, great, potential, main, ultimate, new, major, sole, frequent, possible, apparent, greater, primary, unknown, different, external, biggest.

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We never get a precise cause or source of either of the two but we do know it was terminal.

Source: Fan Fic / Gensokyo 20XX
The 'weirdness magnet' version was often used on Eureka by Carter and the scientists to track down the cause/source/solution to the mad science problem of the week.

Source: Connect the Deaths
It also explains the source and cause of felling along the way.

Source: Manga / Yozakura Quartet

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Source and Cause. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 20, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/source

Cause & Source. N.p., 2016. Web. 20 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/source>.

Source or Cause. 2016. Accessed July 20, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/source.

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