All domino effect synonyms
dom·i·no ef·fect
D d noun domino effect
- ripple effect — a spreading effect or series of consequences caused by a single action or event.
- cause and effect — You use cause and effect to talk about the way in which one thing is caused by another.
- domino theory — a theory that if one country is taken over by an expansionist, especially Communist, neighbor, party, or the like, the nearby nations will be taken over one after another.
- knock-on — If there is a knock-on effect, one action or event causes several other events to happen one after the other.
- knock-on effect — a chain reaction.
- slippery slope — a dangerous and irreversible course: the slippery slope from narcotics to prison.