English

Alternative forms

• First Cause

Noun

first cause ‎(uncountable)

1. (theology, philosophy, sometimes capitalized) An initial cause from which all other causes and effects follow.

Synonyms

• first mover, prime mover, primum mobile

References

• "first cause" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "first cause" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)
• “first+cause” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)