Contributing factor
Root and contributing factor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Root" instead a noun phrase "Contributing factor".
Root
Root noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.
Contributing factor and root are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contributing factor" instead a noun "Root".
Related pairs
- motive and contributing factor
- motive and root
- basis and contributing factor
- basis and root
- reason and contributing factor
- reason and root
- base and contributing factor
- base and root
- seat and contributing factor
- seat and root
- occasion and contributing factor
- occasion and root
- footing and contributing factor
- footing and root
Both terms in one sentence
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When an option is closed off your instinct is to open it back up; this is the root (or a contributing factor) to many other phenomena, such as mid-life crises where people start to realize all the options that are passing them by.
Source: Forbidden Fruit
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Root and Contributing factor. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contributing_factor/root
Contributing factor & Root. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contributing_factor/root>.
Root or Contributing factor. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contributing_factor/root.
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