outcome
Synonyms:
(noun) aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, child, close, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, end, finish, fate, fruit, issue, outgrowth, precipitate, product, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot.
Related Words:
(noun) blowoff, chain reaction, event, fallout, payback, payoff, reaction, score.
Antonyms:
antecedent, causation, cause, occasion, reason.
Synonym Study (Dictionary.com):
End, close, conclusion, finish, and outcome refer to the termination of something.
End implies a natural termination or completion, or an attainment of purpose:
the end of a day, of a race; to some good end.
Close often implies a planned rounding off of something in process:
the close of a conference.
Conclusion suggests a decision or arrangement:
All evidence leads to this conclusion; the conclusion of peace terms.
Finish emphasizes completion of something begun:
a fight to the finish.
Outcome suggests the issue of something that was in doubt:
the outcome of a game.
Origin:
First recorded in 1175–1225, outcome is from the Middle English word utcume. See out-, come. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of outcome: 1788. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
(noun) aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, child, close, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, end, finish, fate, fruit, issue, outgrowth, precipitate, product, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot.
Related Words:
(noun) blowoff, chain reaction, event, fallout, payback, payoff, reaction, score.
Antonyms:
antecedent, causation, cause, occasion, reason.
Synonym Study (Dictionary.com):
End, close, conclusion, finish, and outcome refer to the termination of something.
End implies a natural termination or completion, or an attainment of purpose:
the end of a day, of a race; to some good end.
Close often implies a planned rounding off of something in process:
the close of a conference.
Conclusion suggests a decision or arrangement:
All evidence leads to this conclusion; the conclusion of peace terms.
Finish emphasizes completion of something begun:
a fight to the finish.
Outcome suggests the issue of something that was in doubt:
the outcome of a game.
Origin:
First recorded in 1175–1225, outcome is from the Middle English word utcume. See out-, come. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of outcome: 1788. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.