DUE (TO) Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

due (to) 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of due (to) next

as in resultant

coming as a result success that is due to hard work

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causal

due to

2 of 2

preposition

as in with

as the result of evening classes were cancelled due to heavy snow

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Recent Examples of due (to)

Preposition

Getting up to play a Hawai’i team that had beaten them twice on their home court this season wasn’t a challenge, McRae said, due to the intense all-around competition in men’s volleyball right now. —

Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 10 May 2026 Those downstream margin pressures due to cost increases reflect upstream margin expansion for the memory component manufacturers themselves. —

Tobias Burns, CNBC, 10 May 2026 These dogs may rub their eyes excessively due to discomfort and corneal ulcers can also develop. —

Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026 Splitting up the cargo Diamond Bar residents Martha and Adolfo Mijares have found a home at the Murrieta Certified Farmer’s Market, in part due to prices. —

Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for due (to)

Recent Examples of Synonyms for due (to)

Adjective

This pace of growth means that every new generation of AI comes with an order-of-magnitude increase in energy, water demand and the resultant CO2 impact.

— Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The resultant pollution from the Canadian blazes spread across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio and even reached as far as Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Mississippi, according to the report.

— Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025