Noun

• S: (n) cause (events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something) "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"
• S: (n) cause, reason, grounds (a justification for something existing or happening) "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
• S: (n) campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end) "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) advertising campaign, ad campaign, ad blitz (an organized program of advertisements)
• S: (n) sales campaign (an advertising campaign intended to promote sales)
• S: (n) public-relations campaign (an advertising campaign intended to improve public relations)
• S: (n) anti-war movement (a campaign against entering or continuing a war)
• S: (n) charm campaign (a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support)
• S: (n) consumerism (a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers)
• S: (n) campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign (the campaign of a candidate to be elected)
• S: (n) front-porch campaigning, front-porch campaign (a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel) "William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896"; "her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign"
• S: (n) hustings (the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making))
• S: (n) whispering campaign (the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate)
• S: (n) stumping (campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches))
• S: (n) fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort (a campaign to raise money for some cause)
• S: (n) feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib (the movement aimed at equal rights for women)
• S: (n) gay liberation movement, gay lib (the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression)
• S: (n) lost cause (a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable)
• S: (n) reform (a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices) "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
• S: (n) war (a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious) "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"
• S: (n) youth movement, youth crusade (political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) causal agent, cause, causal agency (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
• S: (n) lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa (a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy) "the family brought suit against the landlord"

Verb

• S: (v) cause, do, make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally) "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
• S: (v) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner) "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"