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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 of issue

aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, child, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, fate, fruit, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, product, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot

Words Related to issue

denouement (also dénouement), echo, implication, repercussion

afterclap, afterglow, aftershock

blowback, by-product, fallout, offshoot, ripple, side effect (also side reaction), spin-off

Phrases Synonymous with issue

matter of course

Near Antonyms of issue

consideration, determinant, factor

base, basis, foundation, ground, groundwork

impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, stimulus

mother, origin, root, source, spring

Antonyms of issue

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 of issue

egress, exit, outlet

Words Related to issue

escape, escape hatch, release

gate, mouth, opening, passage, vent

Near Antonyms of issue

access, entrée (or entree)

Antonyms of issue

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 of issue

fruit, get, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed, spawn

Words Related to issue

brood, hatch, litter, young

Near Antonyms of issue

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

issue

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of issue

1 to produce and release for distribution in printed form

plans to issue a monthly newsletter

Synonyms of issue

get out, print, publish, put out

Words Related to issue

reissue, reprint, republish

contribute, edit, syndicate

manufacture, produce

distribute, market

Phrases Synonymous with issue

Near Antonyms of issue

censor, suppress

2 to throw or give off

a volcano issuing vast clouds of hot ash

Synonyms of issue

cast, discharge, emanate, emit, evolve, exhale, expel, expire [archaic], give out, irradiate, radiate, release, send (out), shoot, throw out, vent

Words Related to issue

eliminate, evacuate, excrete, exude, ooze, secrete

eject, erupt, gush, jet, outpour, pour, spew, spout, spray, spurt, squirt

Near Antonyms of issue

absorb, inhale, soak (up), sponge, suck (up), take up

Synonym Discussion of issue

spring, arise, rise, originate, derive, flow, issue, emanate, proceed, stem mean to come up or out of something into existence. spring implies rapid or sudden emerging.

- an idea that springs to mind

arise and rise may both convey the fact of coming into existence or notice but rise often stresses gradual growth or ascent.

- new questions have arisen
- slowly rose to prominence

originate implies a definite source or starting point.

- the fire originated in the basement

derive implies a prior existence in another form.

- the holiday derives from an ancient Roman feast

flow adds to spring a suggestion of abundance or ease of inception.

- words flowed easily from her pen

issue suggests emerging from confinement through an outlet.

- blood issued from the cut

emanate applies to the coming of something immaterial (such as a thought) from a source.

- reports emanating from the capital

proceed stresses place of origin, derivation, parentage, or logical cause.

- advice that proceeds from the best of intentions

stem implies originating by dividing or branching off from something as an outgrowth or subordinate development.

- industries stemming from space research

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