Function: adjective
existing of or by itself and having no antecedent cause FF1C; argues backward to a first great cause, which is itself self-existent FF1E;
Synonyms: increate, self-existing, unbegotten, uncaused, uncreated, unoriginated
Related Words: self-generated, self-originated, self-produced
Contrasted Words: consequent, resultant, sequential
Antonyms: derivative