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Consequence

🔄 Synonyms of "Consequence"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
issuenoun	The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:
effectnoun	The result or outcome of a cause.
outcomenoun	That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.
resultnoun	That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.
aftermathnoun	That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
upshotnoun	The final result, or outcome of something.
importnoun	(transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
momentnoun	A particular point of time; an instant.

↔️ Antonyms of "Consequence"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
inconsequencenoun	The state or quality of being inconsequent.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Consequence"

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Word	Definition
effectnoun	The result or outcome of a cause.
resultnoun	That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.
outcomenoun	That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.
upshotnoun	The final result, or outcome of something.
momentnoun	A particular point of time; an instant.
importnoun	(countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
issuenoun	The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:
aftermathnoun	That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
resultantnoun	Anything that results from something else; an outcome.
consequential	Having significant consequences; of importance.
resultingverb	Of something that follows as the result of something else; resultant.
causenoun	(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
follow-upnoun	A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.
sequelnoun	(narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
therefore	(conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.
followingnoun	A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
casenoun	An actual event, situation, or fact.
reasonnoun	(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
successionnoun	An act, process, or instance of succeeding:
by-productnoun	Something made incidentally during the production of something else.