[adj] producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime"
abortifacient, activating(a), actuating(a), anorectic, anorexigenic, borne in upon(p), causal, conducive, contributing(a), contributive, contributory, errhine, inducive, inductive, motivating, motivative(a), motive(a), motor, precipitating(a), responsible
noncausal, noncausative