All final cause synonyms
fi·nal cause
F f noun final cause
- purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- motive — something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
- aim — If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.
- score — the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- consequence — The consequences of something are the results or effects 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?