prime mover
noun
1 prime mover
An agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause.
synonyms: first cause, primum mobile.
Roget 153:
cause,
origin,
source,
principle,
element;
occasioner†,
prime mover,
primum mobile [Lat.];
vera causa [Lat.];
author
etc.
(producer)
164;
mainspring;
agent;
leaven;
groundwork,
foundation
etc.
(support)
215.
spring,
fountain,
well,
font;
fountainhead,
spring head,
wellhead;
fons et origo [Lat.],
genesis;
descent
etc.
(paternity)
166;
remote cause;
influence.
pivot,
hinge,
turning point,
lever,
crux,
fulcrum;
key;
proximate cause,
causa causans [Lat.];
straw that breaks the camel's back.
ground;
reason,
reason why;
why and wherefore,
rationale,
occasion,
derivation;
final cause
etc.
(intention)
620;
les dessous des cartes [Fr.];
undercurrents.
rudiment.
egg,
germ,
embryo,
bud,
root,
radix radical,
etymon,
nucleus,
seed,
stem,
stock,
stirps,
trunk,
tap-root,
gemmule†,
radicle,
semen,
sperm.
nest,
cradle,
nursery,
womb,
nidus,
birthplace,
hotbed.
causality,
causation;
origination;
production
etc.
161.
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Roget 164:
producer,
originator,
inventor,
author,
founder,
generator,
mover,
architect,
creator,
prime mover;
maker
etc.
(agent)
690;
prime mover.
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Polish: praprzyczyna
Moby thesaurus: abettor, actor, actuator, agent, ancestors, animator, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author, begetter, beginner, builder, cajoler, catalyst, causer, coax, coaxer, conceiver, constructor, craftsman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer, doer, effector, encourager, energizer, engenderer, engineer, executant, executor, executrix, fabricator, father, firer, founder, gadfly, galvanizer, generator, grower, impeller, inaugurator, inducer, industrialist, initiator, inspirer, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, medium, mother, mover, moving spirit, operant, operative, operator, organizer, originator, parent, past master, performer, perpetrator, persuader, planner, pleader, practitioner, precursor, primum mobile, producer, prompter, raiser, realizer, shaper, sire, smith, spark, spark plug, sparker, stimulator, subject, tempter, wheedler, worker, wright ... show more.
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