Reason
Reason noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Usage example: what's the meteorological reason for tornadoes?
Sequence
Sequence noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: the attempt to help was a natural sequence to her charitable nature
How words are described
| best | best reason | best sequence |
| exact | exact reason | exact sequence |
| particular | particular reason | particular sequence |
| similar | similar reason | similar sequence |
| Other adjectives: usual, specific, original, initial, true, single, actual, entire, big, little, main, key, new, major, odd, weird, strange, bizarre, different. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- On The IT Crowd, a Video Will contained a long sequence of the deceased eating an apple for no apparent reason.
Source: Silly Will - Gray himself is for some reason not completely naked in the same sequence but wears boxers.
Source: Out-of-Clothes Experience -
Another reason would be he was supposed to interrogate her and he may be sticking to cop instincts during the sequence.
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Sequence and Reason. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/reason/sequence
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Sequence or Reason. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/reason/sequence.
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