Synonyms for issue

Synonyms for (noun) issue

Synonyms: issuance, issue, issuing

Definition: the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)

Usage: a new issue of stamps; the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago

Similar words: supply, supplying, provision

Definition: the activity of supplying or providing something


Synonyms: publication, issue

Definition: the act of issuing printed materials

Similar words: printing

Definition: the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution


Synonyms: exit, issue, outlet, way out

Definition: an opening that permits escape or release

Usage: he blocked the way out; the canyon had only one issue

Similar words: opening

Definition: a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

Usage: they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door


Synonyms: topic, subject, matter, issue

Definition: some situation or event that is thought about

Usage: he kept drifting off the topic; he had been thinking about the subject for several years; it is a matter for the police

Similar words: mental object, content, cognitive content

Definition: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned


Synonyms: issue

Definition: an important question that is in dispute and must be settled

Usage: the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone; politicians never discuss the real issues

Similar words: mental object, content, cognitive content

Definition: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned


Synonyms: number, issue

Definition: one of a series published periodically

Usage: she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room

Similar words: periodical

Definition: a publication that appears at fixed intervals


Synonyms: issue, egress, emergence

Definition: the becoming visible

Usage: not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins

Similar words: beginning

Definition: the event consisting of the start of something

Usage: the beginning of the war


Synonyms: offspring, issue, progeny

Definition: the immediate descendants of a person

Usage: she was the mother of many offspring; he died without issue

Similar words: relation, relative

Definition: a person related by blood or marriage

Usage: police are searching for relatives of the deceased; he has distant relations back in New Jersey


Synonyms: effect, consequence, event, issue, result, outcome, upshot

Definition: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

Usage: the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise; his decision had depressing consequences for business; he acted very wise after the event

Similar words: phenomenon

Definition: any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning


Synonyms: proceeds, return, yield, payoff, take, takings, issue

Definition: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

Usage: the average return was about 5%

Similar words: income

Definition: the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time


Synonyms: government issue, military issue, issue

Definition: supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government

Similar words: stock, store, fund

Definition: a supply of something available for future use

Usage: he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars


Synonyms for (verb) issue

Synonyms: release, publish, put out, bring out, issue

Definition: prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

Usage: publish a magazine or newspaper

Similar words: publicise, publicize, air, bare

Definition: make public

Usage: She aired her opinions on welfare


Synonyms: issue

Definition: bring out an official document (such as a warrant)

Similar words: communicate, intercommunicate

Definition: transmit thoughts or feelings

Usage: He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist


Synonyms: write out, cut, issue, make out

Definition: make out and issue

Usage: write out a check; cut a ticket; Please make the check out to me

Similar words: write

Definition: communicate or express by writing

Usage: Please write to me every week


Synonyms: supply, issue

Definition: circulate or distribute or equip with

Usage: issue a new uniform to the children; supply blankets for the beds

Similar words: distribute

Definition: make available

Usage: The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia


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