All effect antonyms
ef·fect
E e noun effect
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- 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.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- 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.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- foundation — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- impotence — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- incapacity — lack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability.
- incompetence — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
- powerlessness — unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
- weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- inefficiency — the quality or condition of being inefficient; lack of efficiency.
verb effect
- miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.