Consequence and Source

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

Usage example: the flood was an inevitable consequence of the prolonged, heavy rains

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Source is an antonym for consequence in topics: importance, result.

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

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Consequence is an antonym for source in beginning topic.

common	common consequence	common source
natural	natural consequence	natural source
specific	specific consequence	specific source
single	single consequence	single source
Other adjectives: likely, real, great, potential, main, important, ultimate, major, frequent, possible, apparent, secondary, unexpected, additional.

As a consequence of the source of her fighting power, she looks like she's dancing through the combat.

Source: Dance Battler
Talking Animal: A few with cute alliterative names show up, without much consequence; that some of them have New York accents would be a major source of Fridge Logic in any other book, but here it barely registers.

Source: Literature / The Legend of Rah and the Muggles
The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga: Did Meroven's war mages mean to intentionally destroy the source of all magic in the Ascendant Kingdoms with their Fantastic Nuke, or was it simply an unforeseen consequence of something they did for military reasons?

Source: Riddle for the Ages

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Source and Consequence. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/consequence/source

Consequence & Source. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/consequence/source>.

Source or Consequence. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/consequence/source.

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