Origin Synonyms and Antonyms

ôrə-jĭn, ŏr-
Cause
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. source
  2. root
  3. beginning
  4. inception
  5. parent
  6. spring
  7. ancestry
  8. derivation
  9. embryo
  10. genesis
  11. causation
  12. parentage
  13. seed
  14. start
  15. origination
  16. provenance
  17. inspiration
  18. provenience
  19. germ
  20. stock
  21. ancestor
  22. raison d'être (French)
  23. egg
  24. sperm
  25. principle
  26. element
  27. fount
  28. nucleus
  29. first-cause
  30. First Great Cause
  31. author
  32. fountain
  33. creator
  34. alpha
  35. heart
  36. prime-mover
  37. fountainhead
  38. primum mobile (Latin)
  39. basis
  40. begetter
  41. progenitor
  42. birth
  43. producer
  44. mother
  45. blood
  46. determinant
  47. agent
  48. leaven
  49. cause
  50. mainspring
  51. commencement
  52. causality
  53. conception
  54. impulse
  55. creation
  56. influence
  57. prime motive
  58. etiology
  59. generator
  60. ultimate cause
  61. evolution
  62. remote cause
  63. extraction
  64. occasion
  65. family
  66. first act
  67. inauguration
  68. antecedent
  69. rootstock
  70. motive
  71. inchoation
  72. inducement
  73. incipience
  74. activation
  75. raison d'être (French)
  76. lineage
  77. maternity
  78. nascency
  79. well
  80. paternity
  81. primordium
  82. rise
  83. rootage
Antonyms:
  1. result
  2. consequence
  3. destiny
  4. outgrowth
  5. conclusion
  6. effect
  7. outcome
  8. goal
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. begin
  2. emanate
  3. originate

Words Related to Origin

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Origin Sentence Examples

  • The dust is chiefly of local origin, but partly comes from the Sahara.

  • The story of his origin is very obscure.

  • The origin of the blotched as a special type is wholly unknown.

  • Even the name Levite itself is of uncertain origin.

  • Its origin is connected with the establishment of the salt-marshes.

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