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issue
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of ISSUE
1
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause <one of the issues of the Civil War was a resolution to the question of states' rights>
Synonyms aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, child, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, fate, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, product, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot
Related Words ramification; denouement (also dénouement), echo, implication, repercussion; afterclap, afterglow, aftershock; blowback, by-product, fallout, offshoot, ripple, side effect (also side reaction), spin-off
Near Antonyms consideration, determinant, factor; base, basis, foundation, ground, groundwork; impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, stimulus; mother, origin, root, source, spring
2
a place or means of going out <since the lake is the issue of the polluted river, it is becoming polluted as well>
3
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant <someone who dies without issue might have their estate turned over to the state>
Near Antonyms ancestor, antecedent, father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, parent, primogenitor, progenitor
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