Synonyms of causing

causing

verb

present participle of cause

as in creating

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

the ice storm caused a massive power outage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• creating
• bringing
• generating
• prompting
• producing
• spawning
• doing
• working
• inducing
• yielding
• effecting
• making
• invoking
• occasioning
• bringing about
• catalyzing
• resulting (in)
• introducing
• giving rise to
• encouraging
• translating (into)
• breeding
• drawing on
• promoting
• engendering
• effectuating
• begetting
• bringing on
• initiating
• bringing forth
• launching
• contributing (to)
• determining
• starting
• inaugurating
• beginning
• establishing
• developing
• deciding
• founding
• instituting
• fostering
• rendering
• pioneering
• furthering
• enacting
• cultivating
• advancing
• forwarding
• conducing (to)
• setting up
• setting
• nurturing
• turning out
• innovating
• fathering
• nourishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limiting
• restricting
• impeding
• controlling
• suppressing
• crushing
• stifling
• inhibiting
• subduing
• checking
• restraining
• repressing
• dampening
• quelling
• smothering
• curbing
• quashing
• retarding
• killing
• arresting
• putting down
• destroying
• squashing
• squelching
• abolishing
• cracking down (on)
• extinguishing
• quenching
• clamping down (on)
• liquidating
• demolishing
• reining (in)
• canning
• stilling
• snuffing (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of causing

Margaret Kran-Annexstein, director of the Sierra Club’s Colorado chapter, said that devastating flooding hit the state in 2013, causing damage worth nearly $4 billion. — Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

When these grains are coarse and broad, microcracks can easily run through them, causing sudden structural failure. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026

Video from the scene shows Linton’s vehicle flying into the intersection like a missile, causing a fiery multi-car collision that left burning car parts and streaks of blood as black smoke filled the sky. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

The aircraft plunged thousands of feet in two minutes, causing panic and forcing the flight to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Ross also grabbed the woman by her ponytail and slammed her against the wall, causing injuries to her face and lip, according to the report. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Right Livelihood said her work challenges the control that a small number of powerful companies exercise over AI and exposes harms that AI systems are already causing, particularly to communities facing discrimination and exclusion. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

This past August’s damage-causing storm brought havoc on the ranch, and clean-up efforts have been ongoing since. — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Rather than forcing the original plan to survive unchanged, decide what can move without causing real damage. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026