causal
Relating to why
Causal relates to causes or the relationship between cause and effect.
A causal connection links one event to another that produces it.
There's no causal link between vaccines and autism.
Causal reasoning asks why things happen.
The word appears frequently in scientific and philosophical contexts where establishing causation—not mere correlation—matters.
Point of origin
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- basisUnderlying support or principle
- genesisPoint of creation
- antecedentSomething that precedes
precursor · trigger · catalyst · factor · determinant · agent · mechanism · etiology
Result of an action
- resultWhat follows a cause
- outcomeFinal result of events
- effectResult of a cause
- ramificationSecondary consequence of action
repercussion · corollary · upshot · aftermath · fallout · sequel · impact · product
Drawing logical conclusions
- rationaleStated basis for action
- accountRecord of dealings
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
attribution · mechanism · explanation · counterfactual · probabilistic · statistical · correlation · confound
Indispensable requirement
- inevitabilityQuality of being unavoidable
- predeterminationDecision made in advance
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
source
Point of origin
antecedent · precursor · trigger · catalyst · factor · determinant · agent · mechanism · etiology · grounds
consequence
Result of an action
ramification · repercussion · corollary · upshot · aftermath · fallout · sequel · impact · product · chain reaction
reasoning
Drawing logical conclusions
inference · attribution · mechanism · explanation · counterfactual · probabilistic · statistical · correlation · confound · variable
necessity
Indispensable requirement
- inevitabilityQuality of being unavoidable
- predeterminationDecision made in advance
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
determinism · predestination · hard determinism · lawlike · mechanistic
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
- grammatical casesnominative, accusative, genitive, ablative, dative
- reasoningreasoning, reason, logic, inference, deductive
- philosophical termsSocratic, Kantian, Cartesian, Aristotelian, dialectical
- social adjectivessocial, societal, cultural, collective, communal
causalcorrelational
Showing statistical relationship
consequential · consequent · resultant · effectual · coincidental
causalincidental
Minor and unplanned
accidental · coincidental · fortuitous · random · chance
causalcorrelational
Showing statistical relationship
coincidental · incidental · spurious · correlative · associational
- cause and effectHow events produce results
- lost causeEndeavor certain to fail
- rebel without a causeDefiant person lacking motive
- cause a sceneBehave dramatically in public
- cause a stirCreate noticeable commotion
- cause of deathWhy someone died
cause, because, causation, causative, causality, causally, causal link