issue

issue

noun

Definition 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 d{eacute}nouement), 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

Antonyms antecedent, causation, cause, occasion, reason

2

a place or means of going out <since the lake is the issue of the polluted river, it is becoming polluted as well>

Synonyms egress, issue, outlet

Related Words escape, escape hatch, release; gate, mouth, opening, passage, vent

Near Antonyms access, entrée (or entree)

Antonyms entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway, ingress

3

the descendants of a person, animal, or plant <someone who dies without issue might have their estate turned over to the state>

Synonyms fruit, get, issue, posterity, progeny, seed, spawn

Related Words brood, hatch, litter, young; child, scion; family, kin; lineage, stock

Near Antonyms ancestor, antecedent, father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, parent, primogenitor, progenitor