Another Word For WHY

wherefore

Verb : (conjunctive, interrogative, archaic) Why, for what reason, because of what.

Noun : An intent or purpose; a why.

Verb : (conjunctive, indicative, archaic or formal) Therefore; thus.

how come

Verb : (idiomatic, informal) Why; why is it; for what reason or purpose; due to what cause?

explaining

Noun : explanation

explanation

Noun : Something that explains or makes understandable.

Noun : The act or process of explaining.

Noun : A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.

result

Noun : That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.

Noun : The final product, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.

Verb : (intransitive, followed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about

rationale

Noun : An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.

Noun : A justification or rationalization for something.

Noun : (rare, religion) A liturgical vestment worn by some Christian bishops of various denominations.

cause

Noun : (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

Verb : (transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.

Noun : (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason.

reason

Noun : (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.

Noun : A motive for an action or a determination.

Noun : An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.

consequence

Noun : An effect; something that follows a cause as a result.

Noun : An unwanted or unpleasant effect.

Noun : (especially when preceded by "of") Importance, influence, or significance.

therefore

Verb : (conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.

Verb : (conjunctive, archaic) for that; for it (in reference to a previous statement)

because

Verb : On account, for sake [with of].

Verb : (obsolete) For the reason [with that].

well

Verb : (manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.

Verb : (manner) Completely, fully.

Verb : (degree) To a significant degree.

when

Verb : (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

Noun : The time at which something happens.

Verb : (relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.

thus

Verb : (conjunctive) As a result.

Verb : (manner) In this way or manner.

Noun : Alternative form of thuris. [(uncountable) Frankincense obtained from conifers such as the Norway spruce, or long-leaved pine.]

grounds

Noun : The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

Noun : (law) Basis or justification for something.

Noun : The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.

what

Noun : (countable) The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.

Noun : (countable) Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.

Verb : (interrogative) In what way; to what extent.

that

Verb : (degree) To a given extent or degree.

Verb : Denoting an equal degree.

Verb : Denoting 'as much', 'no less'.

how

Verb : (interrogative) In what manner:

Verb : By what means.

Verb : (interrogative, degree) To what degree or extent.

whereby

Verb : By which.

Verb : (nonstandard) Where, wherein, in which.

Verb : (interrogative, obsolete) By what, in which direction; how.

such

Noun : (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.

Noun : A surname.

where

Verb : In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).

Verb : (interrogative) In, at or to what place.

Verb : In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.

whence

Verb : (archaic, formal or literary) From where; from which place or source.

end

Noun : The terminal point of something in space or time.

Noun : (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.

Noun : (by extension, often with "the") Death.

right

Adjective : Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.

Adjective : Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →

Adjective : Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.

invest

Verb : To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.

Verb : To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.

Verb : (intransitive) To make investments.

but

Noun : An instance of using the word "but"; an objection or caveat.

Verb : (chiefly literary or poetic) Merely, only, just, no more than

Verb : (Australia, Geordie, Scotland, conjunctive) Though, however.

yeah

Noun : Pronunciation spelling of year. [A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.]

not

Verb : Negates the meaning of the modified verb.

Verb : To no degree.

Verb : (litotes) Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.

bother

Verb : (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.

Verb : (intransitive or reflexive) To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.

Verb : (intransitive, catenative) To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).

lassie

Noun : (chiefly Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.

Noun : A name given to female dogs.

and

Noun : (music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.

Noun : (UK dialectal) Breath.

Noun : (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.

hey

Verb : To greet with a "hey"

Noun : (country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.

Noun : A surname.

for

Noun : Initialism of Fellowship of Reconciliation, any of a number of religious nonviolent organizations, particularly in English-speaking countries.

Noun : Initialism of field Of research.

Noun : Initialism of frame of reference. [A set of assumptions, ideas and standards that form a viewpoint from which philosophical, religious and other ideas may be evaluated.]

are

Noun : (rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.

Noun : A village in Saaremaa, Saare County, Estonia.

Noun : Initialism of Arab Republic of Egypt. [Official name of Egypt: a country in North Africa and West Asia.]

harvester

Noun : A machine that gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).

Noun : (dated) A person who gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).

Noun : (computing) A program or algorithm that gathers data from a source.

does

Noun : the second album by indie rock band The Slip.

innit

lesquelles

pourquoi

raison

reasons

Noun : (law, plural only) A written judgment or ruling by a judge or similar decision maker.

purpose

Noun : The end for which something is done, is made or exists.

Noun : Function, role.

Noun : (Sense of having a) meaning for existing or doing something.

motive

Noun : An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.

Noun : (law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.

Verb : (transitive) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.

justification

Noun : (countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.

Noun : (Christianity, uncountable) The forgiveness of sin.

Noun : (typography, uncountable) The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification).

account

Noun : (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.

Noun : (banking) A bank account.

Noun : A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.

intention

Noun : A course of action that a person intends to follow.

Noun : The goal or purpose.

Verb : To intend.

aim

Noun : Intention or goal.

Noun : The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.

Verb : (intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive

objective

Adjective : Not influenced by the strong emotions or prejudices.

Adjective : Based on observed facts; without purely subjective assessment.

Adjective : Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.

basis

Noun : A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.

Noun : An underlying condition or circumstance.

Noun : A physical base or foundation.

reasoning

Noun : (uncountable) The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive.

Noun : (countable) A Rastafari meeting held for the purposes of chanting, prayer and discussion.

impetus

Noun : Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.

Noun : A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.

Noun : The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus.

inducement

Noun : An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.

Noun : In some contexts, this can imply bribery.

Noun : (law) An introductory statement of facts or background information.

root

Noun : The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.

Noun : A root vegetable.

Noun : The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.

foundation

Noun : That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.

Noun : The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

Noun : (figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.

premise

Noun : A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

Noun : (logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.

Noun : (authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.

argument

Noun : (countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.

Noun : (countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.

Noun : (countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.

exactly

Verb : (manner) Without approximation; precisely.

Verb : (focus) Precisely, used to provide emphasis.

anyway

Verb : (conjunctive) Regardless; anyhow.

Verb : Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least.

Verb : Used to indicate a change of subject.

actually

Verb : (modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

Verb : (obsolete) Currently; at the time.

Verb : (obsolete) Actively.

really

Verb : (modal) Actually; in fact; in reality.

Verb : (informal, as an intensifier) Very (modifying an adjective); very much (modifying a verb).

Verb : (literal) In a way or manner that is real, not unreal.

whether

Noun : (obsolete, dialect) The retention of the afterbirth in cows or sheep.

know

Verb : (transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.

Verb : (transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.

Verb : (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.

think

Verb : (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.

Verb : (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.

Verb : (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.

honestly

Verb : (sentence adverb) Frankly, to be honest.

Verb : (manner) In an honest manner.

explain

Verb : (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.

Verb : (transitive) To give the reason for, justification for, or cause of.

Verb : (intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible.

just

Adjective : Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.

Adjective : Factually right, correct; factual.

Adjective : Rationally right, correct.

heck

Noun : (euphemistic) Hell.

Verb : to break, to destroy

Verb : to mess up

guess

Verb : To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

Verb : (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".

Verb : (chiefly US) to suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).

thing

Noun : That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.

Noun : A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.

Noun : An individual object or distinct entity.

nobody

Noun : Someone who is not important or well-known.

Noun : Something that has no body or an especially small one.

fact

Noun : Something actual as opposed to invented.

Noun : Something which is real.

Noun : Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.

suppose

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.

Verb : (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.

Verb : (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.

something

Adjective : Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.

Noun : An object whose nature is yet to be defined.

Noun : An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).

anymore

Verb : (especially US) Alternative form of any more. [(in negative or interrogative constructions) From a given time onwards; longer, again.]

ask

Verb : To request or petition.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

Verb : (transitive or ditransitive) To request or enquire of (a person).

wonder

Noun : (uncountable) A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.

Noun : (countable) Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.

Verb : (intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.

obviously

Verb : In an obvious or clearly apparent manner.

Verb : (colloquial) Used as a filler word, or to introduce information even when not obvious.

anybody

Noun : a person of some importanc

understand

Verb : (transitive, intransitive, of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.

Verb : (transitive, generally) To know the meaning of.

Verb : (transitive, of a skill, task, profession, etc.) To be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly.

maybe

Verb : Perhaps, possibly.

Verb : (as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).

Adjective : Possible; uncertain.

they

Verb : (transitive) To refer to (someone, sometimes especially someone who does not use gender-neutral pronouns) using they/them pronouns.

precisely

Verb : (manner) In a precise manner; exactly.

Verb : (focus) Used to provide emphasis.

simply

Verb : (focus) Merely; solely.

Verb : (manner) In a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; alone.

Verb : (manner) Plainly; without art or subtlety

answer

Noun : A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.

Noun : A solution to a problem.

Noun : (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.

yes

Noun : An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

Noun : A vote of support or in favor of something.

Verb : (colloquial, transitive) To agree with, affirm, approve.

begs

Verb : (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.

Verb : (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.

Verb : (transitive or intransitive) To obviously lack or be in need of something.

question

Noun : A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.

Noun : A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.

Noun : A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.

puzzling

Adjective : Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.

Noun : Time spent pondering something confusing.

wounder

Noun : One who wounds.

paradox

Noun : An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.

Noun : A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.

Noun : A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.

frankly

Verb : In a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt.

Verb : (sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth.

Verb : (sciences, medicine) To a degree large enough as to be plainly evident.

let

Verb : (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).

Verb : (transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone.

Verb : (transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.

sagal

Noun : A surname from Hebrew.

ashame

Verb : (transitive, rare) To make ashamed; to shame.

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To feel shame; to be ashamed.

ought

Verb : (auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating duty or obligation.

Verb : (auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating advisability or prudence.

Verb : (auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating desirability.

want

Verb : (transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.

Verb : (transitive, in particular) To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.

Verb : (intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

anyhow

Verb : (manner) In any way or manner whatever.

Verb : (conjunctive) In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.

Verb : Without care or tidiness; recklessly, negligently or randomly.

happened

Verb : (intransitive) To occur or take place.

Verb : (intransitive or impersonal, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.

Verb : (followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.

basically

Verb : Essentially; mostly; pretty much.

Verb : (filler) Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word.

Verb : In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.

gist

Noun : (countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.

Verb : (transitive) To extract and present the main ideas or substance, or the most essential parts of (a document, piece of writing, etc.); to abridge, to summarize.

Noun : (uncountable, Nigeria) Gossip, rumour; (countable) an instance of this.

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