Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun knock-on_effect

1 sense of knock-on effect

Sense 1
knock-on effect -- (a secondary or incidental effect)
       => consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot -- (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event")