Synonyms of the word

causative

• adj. acting as a cause.
• adj. (linguistics) expressing a cause or causation.
• n. (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in…

abortifacient

• adj. Producing miscarriage.
• n. (pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.

activating

• v. present participle of activate.

actuating

• v. present participle of actuate.

anorectic

• adj. Characterised by a lack of appetite, especially as suffering from anorexia nervosa; anorexic.
• adj. Causing a loss of appetite.
• n. A person suffering from anorexia nervosa; an anorexic.
• n. A drug or dietary supplement that reduces the appetite so as to promote weight loss.

anorexigenic

• adj. (medicine) creating or inducing a state of anorexia.
• n. An anorexigenic agent.

causal

• adj. of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.
• n. (grammar) a word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause.

conducive

• adj. Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.

contributing

• v. present participle of contribute.

contributive

• adj. Tending to contribute; making a contribution.

contributory

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution.
• adj. Tending to contribute to a result.

errhine

• adj. (medicine, rare) Causing an increase in mucus within the nose, and hence causing one to sneeze.
• n. (medicine, uncommon) A medicine applied inside the nose to increase the production of mucus, and hence…

inductive

• adj. (logic) of, or relating to logical induction.
• adj. (physics) of, relating to, or arising from induction or inductance.
• adj. introductory or preparatory.
• adj. influencing; tending to induce or cause.

motivating

• adj. Effectively providing an incentive.
• v. present participle of motivate.

motivative

• adj. motivating; serving to motivate.
• adj. (grammar) In, marked by or pertaining to the motivative case.
• n. (grammar) The motivative case, a case found in some languages (for example Basque) which marks the meaning…

motive

• n. (obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine…
• n. An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything…
• n. (obsolete, rare) A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
• n. (law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
• n. (architecture, fine arts) A motif.
• n. (music) A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
• v. (transitive) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
• adj. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move.
• adj. Relating to motion and/or to its cause.

motor

• n. A machine or device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
• n. (colloquial) A motor car, or automobile.
• n. (figuratively) A source of power for something, an inspiration, a driving force.
• n. Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
• n. (Christianity, archaic, poetic) The "controller", "prime mover" of the universe; God.
• adj. (biology) describing neurons that create the ability to move.
• v. To drive around leisurely in a motorised vehicle.
• v. (slang) To leave.

precipitating

• v. present participle of precipitate.

responsible

• adj. Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or…
• adj. Capable of responding to any reasonable claim; able to answer reasonably for one's conduct and obligations;…
• adj. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
• adj. Being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; capable of being credited for something, or of…
• adj. Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.

sternutative

• adj. that provokes sneezing.
• n. something that triggers sneezing.

sternutatory

• adj. That causes or induces sneezing; sternutative.
• n. Any substance that causes sneezing; a sternutator.

tributary

• n. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
• n. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
• adj. Related to the paying of tribute.
• adj. subordinate; inferior.
• adj. Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part,…