| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in line of ancestry |
| Synonyms: | brood, child, children, chip off old block, get*, heir, issue, kin, offshoot, offspring, posterity, product, progeniture, progeny, scion, seed, spin-off |
| Antonyms: | ascendant, predecessor |
| Main Entry: | offshoot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, product |
| Synonyms: | adjunct, appendage, branch, by-product, derivative, descendant, limb, outgrowth, spin-off, sprout |
| Antonyms: | origin, source |
| Main Entry: | outgrowth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | product, consequence |
| Synonyms: | aftereffect, branch, by-product, derivative, descendant, development, effect, emergence, end, end result, issue, member, offshoot, offspring, outcome, result, spin-off, yield |
| Main Entry: | sequel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | follow-up |
| Synonyms: | aftereffect, aftermath, alternation, causatum, chain, close, closing, conclusion, consecution, consequence, continuation, development, effect, end, ending, epilogue, eventuality, finish, finishing, issue, order, outcome, part two, payoff, progression, result, row, sequence, sequent, series, spin-off, termination, train, upshot |
| Antonyms: | original |
| Main Entry: | supplement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something added |
| Synonyms: | added feature, addendum, addition, additive, appendix, bell, bells and whistles, codicil, complement, continuation, extra, insert, option, postscript, pullout, rider, sequel, spin-off, subsidiary |
| Notes: | augment means to add more of the same thing; supplement means to add something, usually to make up for a deficiency complement means an addition will serve to complete something or form with it to make a whole while a supplement is an addition to something already regarded as complete or whole; complement can also mean 'the full quantity, number, or amount' |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
| Main Entry: | materialization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effect |
| Synonyms: | actualization, aftereffect, aftermath, backlash, backwash, being, can of worms, causatum, chain reaction, conclusion, consequence, corollary, denouement, development, end, end product, event, eventuality, fallout, flak, follow through, follow-up, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, pursuance, ramification, reaction, realization, reflex, repercussion, response, sequel, sequence, side effect, spin-off, upshot, waves* |
| Main Entry: | resultant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effect |
| Synonyms: | aftereffect, aftermath, backlash, backwash, can of worms, causatum, chain reaction, conclusion, consequence, corollary, denouement, development, end, end product, event, eventuality, fallout, flak, follow through, follow-up, fruit, harvest, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, pursuance, ramification, reaction, reflex, repercussion, response, result, sequel, sequence, sequent, side effect, spin-off, upshot, waves* |
| Main Entry: | sequent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effect |
| Synonyms: | aftereffect, aftermath, backlash, backwash, can of worms, causatum, chain reaction, conclusion, consequence, corollary, denouement, development, end, end product, event, eventuality, fallout, flak, follow through, follow-up, fruit, harvest, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, pursuance, ramification, reaction, reflex, repercussion, response, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, side effect, spin-off, upshot, waves* |
| Concept: | [Constant sequent] Effect. |
| Category: | 1. CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE IN EVENTS |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
effect, consequence; aftergrowth, aftercome; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance; upshot, issue, denouement; end; development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud., production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance; creature, creation; offspring, offshoot; firstfruits, firstlings; heredity, telegony; premises.
-verbs
be the effect of ; be due to, be owing to; originate in, originate from; rise, arise, take its rise spring from, proceed from, emanate from, come from, grow from, bud from, sprout from, germinate from, issue from, flow from, result from, follow from, derive its origin from, accrue from; come to, come of, come out of; depend upon, hang upon, hinge upon, turn upon., take the consequences, sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
-adjectives
owing to; resulting from; derivable from; due to; caused by; dependent upon; derived from, evolved from; derivative; hereditary; telegonous.
-adverbs
of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently; as a consequence, in consequence; through, all along of, necessarily, eventually.
-phrases
cela va sans dire ["That goes without saying" (French)], "thereby hangs a tale" [Taming of the Shrew].
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| Antonyms: | cause |
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