| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cause |
| Synonyms: | author, creator, drive, initial force, instigator, motivator, motive force, mover, power source, primum mobile |
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agent, originator |
| Synonyms: | account, agency, aim, antecedent, author, basis, beginning, causation, consideration, creator, determinant, doer, element, end, explanation, foundation, genesis, ground, grounds, incitement, inducement, instigation, leaven, mainspring, maker, matter, motivation, motive, object, occasion, origin, prime mover, principle, producer, purpose, root, source, spring, stimulation |
| Antonyms: | consequence, development, effect, end, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, product, result |
| Main Entry: | creator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inventor; God |
| Synonyms: | architect, author, begetter, brain, deity, designer, founder, framer, generator, initiator, maker, originator, prime mover, producer, sire |
| Antonyms: | destroyer, destructor |
| Main Entry: | divinity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute being; divine nature |
| Synonyms: | celestial, deity, genius, god, goddess, godhead, godhood, godliness, godship, guardian spirit, higher power, holiness, lord, prime mover, sanctity, spirit |
| Antonyms: | devil, evil |
| Main Entry: | father/mother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | founder, inventor |
| Synonyms: | administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, dean, elder, encourager, generator, initiator, introducer, leader, maker, matriarch, motor, mover, organizer, originator, patriarch, patron, prime mover, promoter, promulgator, publisher, sire, sponsor, supporter |
| Main Entry: | founder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who establishes an institution |
| Synonyms: | architect, author, beginner, benefactor, builder, constructor, creator, designer, establisher, forebearer, framer, generator, initiator, institutor, inventor, maker, organizer, originator, patron, planner, prime mover |
| Notes: | founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly |
| Main Entry: | god |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supernatural being worshipped by people |
| Synonyms: | Absolute Being, All Knowing, All Powerful, Allah, Almighty, Creator, Divine Being, Father, God, Holy Spirit, Infinite Spirit, Jah, Jehovah, King of Kings, Lord, Maker, Yahweh, daemon, deity, demigod, demon, divinity, holiness, idol, master, numen, omnipotent, power, prime mover, providence, soul, spirit, totem, tutelary, universal life force, world spirit |
| Main Entry: | protagonist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes the lead; central figure of narrative |
| Synonyms: | advocate, central character, champion, combatant, exemplar, exponent, hero, idol, lead, lead character, leader, mainstay, prime mover, principal, standard-bearer, warrior |
| Notes: | protagonist is Greek for 'first (important) actor' or 'first struggler' and by extension is used for a person who drives the action in a situation or is the main character in a literary work; the protagonist is the hero or heroine and an antagonist is his/her principal opponent |
| Antonyms: | antagonist |
| Main Entry: | motive power |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving power |
| Synonyms: | driving force, electromotive force, kinetic energy, locomotion, means of propulsion, motivity, prime mover, propulsion |