CAUSED Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

caused

verb

past tense of cause

as in created

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) the ice storm caused a massive power outage

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Recent Examples of caused The major online retailer Ozon said a drone attack caused a fire to break out at its logistics center in Adygeysk, in Russia's Adygea region, but that there were no casualties. — Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026 Tuesday is election day, meaning that the traffic jams could have caused headaches for some last-minute voters. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 About 8 in 10 Americans who voted in House races felt inflation had caused their family severe or moderate hardship in the past year, with most of them supporting Democrats. — Sofi Sinozich, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026 Telescopes do not stay perfectly still, so nearly imperceptible changes caused by wobbling alter the resulting images of starlight. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 Even Trump’s biggest supporters are growing tired of the high prices that his war has caused. — Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2026 The actions of the first medical providers caused permanent injury, disfigurement and suffering, according to the lawsuit. — Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 Severe flooding in the Four Corners region, where the borders of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah meet, caused water levels to rise, and forced dramatic rooftop rescues and evacuations in late October. — Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026 Existing civil law covers the potential harm caused by space companies. — Max Harden, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for caused

Verb

So the committee created a clip library, and began to grow its group of unpaid influencers.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
Then a group created to save the ship, the SS United States Conservancy, bought it in 2011.

— Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of created

Verb

In the litigation brought by the Iranian immigrant advocacy group, at least a dozen Iranian detainees have said they’ve been contacted by Iranian officials who had knowledge of sensitive information on their asylum claims.

— Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
Rookie Camden Brown brought it out three times and didn’t have any mishaps.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of brought

Verb

Flooding caused by this week’s heavy rains prompted Florida to change some polling locations in eight counties, the Florida Division of Elections says.

— Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
The shooting prompted the University of Delaware to cancel classes on Monday and provide counseling to students traumatized by the incident, according to a university spokesperson.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of prompted

Verb

Yamazaki’s Godzilla was entirely computer-generated, and his meticulous approach gave the character new speed and danger.

— Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
It will be powered by a Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) reactor, which relies on heat generated by a decaying nuclear isotope, and so does not rely on solar power for energy.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of generated

Verb

Scant evidence for a next-gen, destination IVF business A fertility treatment framed as a way to rewind the biological clock has spawned an international medical tourism business — with precious little evidence to back it up.

— Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
The storm formed over the Bay of Bengal, where the warm waters have spawned some of the deadliest cyclones to hit eastern India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of spawned

Verb

But the difference is that those early records by Hannah Diamond and GFOTY were good—never mind written and produced by humans.

— Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
The Jets have shown flashes of improvement from his 3-14 debut season, but those flashes haven’t produced consistent results.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of produced

Verb

Tipp alleges Sanders and his representatives fraudulently induced him to surrender his rights through a retroactive work-for-hire agreement shortly after Sanders became CU’s head coach in December 2022.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
For the uninitiated, glycation—which can be UV-induced—occurs when excess sugars in the skin bind to its structural proteins.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026