All aftereffect antonyms

noun aftereffect

• precursor — a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
• source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
• commencement — The commencement of something is its beginning.
• inception — beginning; start; commencement.
• insignificance — the quality or condition of being insignificant; lack of importance or consequence.
• worthless — without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.
• cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
• origin — something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
• beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
• rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
• start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
• importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
• opening — an open or clear space.
• foundation — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
• question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
• improbability — the quality or condition of being improbable; unlikelihood.
• plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
• unlikelihood — the state of being unlikely; improbability.
• sobriety — the state or quality of being sober.
• parent — a father or a mother.
• ingrowth — growth inward.
• introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
• initiation — formal admission or acceptance into an organization or club, adult status in one's community or society, etc.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
• anticlimax — You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
• outside — the outer side, surface, or part; exterior: The outside of the house needs painting.