issue
n
1 affair, argument, bone of contention, can of worms (informal) concern, controversy, matter, matter of contention, point, point in question, problem, question, subject, topic
2 at issue at variance, controversial, in disagreement, in dispute, to be decided, under discussion, unsettled
3 take issue challenge, disagree, dispute, object, oppose, raise an objection, take exception
4 conclusion, consequence, culmination, effect, end, end result, finale, outcome, pay-off (informal) result, termination, upshot
5 copy, edition, impression, instalment, number, printing
6 circulation, delivery, dispersal, dissemination, distribution, granting, issuance, issuing, publication, sending out, supply, supplying
7 children, descendants, heirs, offspring, progeny, scions, seed (chiefly biblical)
vb
8 announce, broadcast, circulate, deliver, distribute, emit, give out, promulgate, publish, put in circulation, put out, release
9 arise, be a consequence of, come forth, emanate, emerge, flow, originate, proceed, rise, spring, stem
Antonyms
, n
4 beginning, cause, inception, start
7 parent, sire
vb cause, revoke, withdraw