lead to

Main Entry:
bring on
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: provoke
Synonyms: accelerate, advance, cause, expedite, generate, give rise to, induce, inspire, lead to, occasion, precipitate, prompt
Main Entry: clue
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give information
Synonyms: acquaint, advise, apprise, fill in, give the lowdown, give the skinny on, hint, indicate, inform, intimate, lead to, leave evidence, leave trace, leave tracks, notify, point to, post, suggest, tell, warn, wise up
Antonyms: hide, keep secret
Main Entry: engender
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause to happen; cause an action
Synonyms: arouse, beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, create, develop, excite, foment, generate, give birth to, give rise to, hatch, incite, induce, instigate, lead to, make, muster, occasion, precipitate, procreate, produce, propagate, provoke, quicken, rouse, spawn, stimulate, stir, work up
Antonyms: destroy, finish, halt, kill, stop
Main Entry: entail
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: require; result in
Synonyms: bring about, call for, cause, demand, encompass, entangle, evoke, give rise to, impose, involve, lead to, necessitate, occasion, require, tangle
Main Entry: go
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: contribute, work towards an end
Synonyms: avail, befall, chance, come, concur, conduce, develop, eventuate, fall out, fare, happen, incline, lead to, occur, persevere, persist, proceed, result, serve, tend, transpire, turn, turn out, wax, work out
Main Entry: induce
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause to happen; encourage
Synonyms: abet, activate, actuate, argue into, breed, bring about, bring around, bulldoze, cajole, cause, coax, convince, draw, draw in, effect, engender, generate, get up, get*, give rise to, goose, impel, incite, influence, instigate, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, persuade, press, prevail upon, procure, produce, promote, prompt, sell one on, set in motion, soft-soap, squeeze, steamroll, suck in, sway, sweet-talk, talk into, twist one's arm, urge, wheedle, win over
Antonyms: discourage, halt, hinder, prevent
Main Entry: make
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: create, build
Synonyms: accomplish, adjust, arrange, assemble, beget, brew, bring about, cause, compose, conceive, constitute, construct, cook, cook up, dash off, draw on, dream up, effect, engender, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, generate, get ready, give rise to, hatch, initiate, invent, knock off, lead to, manufacture, mold, occasion, originate, parent, prepare, procreate, produce, put together, secure, shape, spawn, synthesize, tear off, throw together, whip, whip out
Antonyms: crush, destroy, raze, ruin
Main Entry: occasion
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make happen, bring about
Synonyms: breed, cause, create, do, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, generate, give rise to, hatch, induce, influence, inspire, lead to, move, muster, originate, persuade, produce, prompt, provoke, work up
Main Entry: provoke
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start, evoke; stimulate
Synonyms: animate, arouse, awaken, begin, bestir, bring about, bring down, bring on, bring to one's feet, build up, call forth, cause, challenge, draw forth, electrify, elicit, enthuse, excite, fire, fire up, galvanize, generate, give rise to, incite, induce, inflame, innervate, innerve, inspire, instigate, kindle, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, pique, precipitate, prime, produce, promote, prompt, quicken, rally, rouse, roust, stir, suscitate, thrill, titillate, titivate, waken, whet
Notes: provoke means to stir up or arouse - or to incite to anger or resentment; evoke means to call forth or call to mind emotions, feelings, and responses
Antonyms: end, halt, prevent, stop
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