Synonyms of effected

effected

verb

past tense of effect

as in caused

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

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Synonyms & Similar Words

• caused
• created
• brought
• generated
• prompted
• wrought
• produced
• spawned
• induced
• did
• worked
• made
• occasioned
• yielded
• invoked
• effectuated
• engendered
• brought about
• catalyzed
• resulted (in)
• translated (into)
• brought forth
• brought on
• introduced
• bred
• drew on
• inaugurated
• encouraged
• initiated
• gave rise to
• promoted
• begat
• begot
• contributed (to)
• instituted
• determined
• established
• pioneered
• began
• founded
• developed
• launched
• rendered
• enacted
• started
• decided
• fostered
• forwarded
• cultivated
• furthered
• conduced (to)
• set up
• nurtured
• advanced
• turned out
• innovated
• set
• fathered
• nourished

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restricted
• limited
• impeded
• suppressed
• controlled
• crushed
• subdued
• inhibited
• dampened
• quashed
• checked
• arrested
• restrained
• put down
• stifled
• repressed
• smothered
• curbed
• killed
• retarded
• destroyed
• quelled
• abolished
• squashed
• squelched
• stilled
• liquidated
• extinguished
• clamped down (on)
• cracked down (on)
• demolished
• quenched
• reined (in)
• canned
• snuffed (out)