Effect and Foundation

Opposite meaning words

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

Usage example: better health is always one of the effects of improved hygiene

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Foundation is an antonym for effect in topics: impact, result.

Foundation noun - A public organization with a particular purpose or function.

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Effect is an antonym for foundation.

Nearby Words: founder, founded, founding, foundationer

good	good effect	good foundation
better	better effect	better foundation
similar	similar effect	similar foundation
original	original effect	original foundation
Other adjectives: obvious, powerful, actual, real, great, main, magic, permanent, possible, overall.

The SCP Foundation often redacts dates, but sometimes the century or decade is left uncensored, leading to a similar effect but with Censor Boxes instead of X's.

Source: Year X
He finds a loophole by building the tower below mimimum zoning standards making it shorter and narrower than the minimum height for zoning takes effect, and does not build a foundation.

Source: Loophole Abuse / Western Animation
The Horseshoe Effect: The book depicts radical feminists as having colluded with far-right religious fundamentalists in the foundation of a theocratic state, owing to their common ground on issues such as pornography, prostitution etc.

Source: Literature / The Handmaid's Tale

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