Consequence

/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwɛns/

Synonyms for "consequence" (371 found)

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Closest matches (75)

Noun(21 words)

effect outcome result aftercome aftereffects aftermathaftermath effectsaftermath of social upheavalbackwashbe importantbignessbiological effectschange in policychoicecommunity program impactcompute the resultconsequent effectcorollaries cost deduction

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denouements

accent account addendumaffective meaningaftereffect aftermath afterthoughtamour propreappendix ascendancy authorityback matterbearingby productby-product cachet charisma charm chorus clout

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Adjective(4 words)

biological effectchemical reactionsconsistent resultscurrent results

Verb(1 words)

depriving

Strong matches (111)

Adjective(5 words)

direct resultdramatic impactemphatic resultenvironmental factor effectevident result

Noun(22 words)

disruption effectecology outcomeeffectseffects of political upheavalengenderingengineered change outcomeeventfinal productgrand sumgrounding impact impacts implications import importance inference influences issueit matterskarma

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lawbreaking penaltylegal penalty

distillate distinction dominance dominationdouble takedriftdying wordsdynasty effect egoism egotism elevation eminence emphasis enchantment envoi epilogue essence esteem event

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eventuality eventuation exaltation excellence exigency extension fame fate favorfollow throughfollow upfollow-through follow-up force fruit gist glorygood feelinggrammatical meaninggrandeur greatness harvest heir heroismhigh mightinesshigh orderhigh rankhold honor idea illation impact implication import importanceincidental powerinduction inference influence influentiality influentialness insinuation intension interest issuelast wordlast wordsleadership legacy leveragelexical meaningline lineageliteral meaningloftinesslogical outcomemagnanimity magnetism magnitude majesty

Verb(4 words)

draw a conclusioneventuatinginfluence outcomesinteracted outcomes

Related words (185)

mark mastery materiality matter meaning merit moment momentousness narcissism need nobility notability note offshoot offspring outcome outgrowth outstandingness overtone paramountcy

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parthian shotparting shotperoration personality persuasion pertinence pith point position posterity postface postfix postlude postscript potency powerpractical consequenceprecedence precipitate predominance preeminence preponderance pressure prestige price pride primacy priority product prominence ps purchase purport ramificationrange of meaningrankreal meaningreference referent refrain reign relation relevance renown repercussion reputation repute result resultant rule say scopesecond thoughtself-importancesemantic clustersemantic fieldseniority sense sequel sequela sequelae sequelant sequence sequent sequitur significance signification significatum signifie solemnityspan of meaningspirit standing state stature status stressstructural meaningsuasion sublimity subscript substancesubtle influencesuccessor suffix suggestion sumsum and substancesupereminence superiority supplement supremacyswan songswaysymbolic meaningtag tenortotality of associationstransferred meaningunadorned meaningundertoneupper handupshot vainglory value weight weightinesswhip handworth

Adjective(13 words)

massive impactsnonmechanical effectobservable outcomepast resultsphysical resultpolitical importpossible outcomesrandom resultscientific significancesignificant effectstrong effectstrong impactverbal interruption

Noun(37 words)

matter formatter in educationmattered in the endmattering matterings moment momentsoutcome termoutcomes outgrowths penaltypolicy impactpolicy outcomepolicy-area impactproduce effectproducts progeny punishment ramification ramifications

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reaction outcomerecovery outcomerepercussionresult verbsequels significancesingle outcomestakestech effectsthe resulttrade-off upshot upshotsvibration effectwages wake wallops

Determiner(2 words)

no energy policythe outcome

Preposition(1 words)

of prime importance

Verb(2 words)

produce outcomesredounding

Interjection(1 words)

wham

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

11 entries

conclusion effect eventfinal resultinfluence outcome phenomenon result resultant significance termination

More specific

8 entries

deductioneconomic lossfallouthealth impactramification repercussionsocial disruptiontheorem

Collocations

6 entries

economic consequencelong term consequencenegative consequenceserious consequencesignificant consequenceunintended consequence

Inflections

1 entries

consequences

Derivations

3 entries

consequential consequentiality consequentially

Antonyms

1 entries

inconsequence

Translations

141 translations across 62 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

gevolg noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
gevolg noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Albanian

1 entries

pasojat noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Arabic

3 entries

عَاقِبَة noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
عَاقِبَة noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
نَتِيجَة noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Armenian

2 entries

հետեւանք noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
հետեւանք noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

aqibət noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
nəticə noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Belarusian

1 entries

насту́пства noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Bulgarian

4 entries

заключе́ние noun (proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions)
и́звод noun (proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions)
после́дица noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
после́дица noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Burmese

3 entries

ဝိပါကဝဋ် noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
ဝိပါက် noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
အကျိုး noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Catalan

2 entries

conseqüència noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
conseqüència noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

後果 /后果 noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
結果 /结果 noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Czech

3 entries

důsledek noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
následek noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
následek noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Danish

3 entries

bagslag noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
konsekvens noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
konsekvens noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Dutch

3 entries

consequentie noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
gevolg noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
gevolg noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Esperanto

4 entries

konsekvenco noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
rezulto noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
sekvo noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
sekvo noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Finnish

4 entries

jälkiseuraus noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
seuraamus noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
seuraus noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
seuraus noun (proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions)

French

1 entries

conséquence noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Galician

4 entries

consecuencia noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
consecuencia noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
resultado noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
resultado noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Georgian

1 entries

შედეგი noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

German

4 entries

Folge noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
Folge noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
Konsequenz noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
Konsequenz noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Greek

2 entries

συνέπεια noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
συνέπεια noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Hebrew

3 entries

הַשְׁלָכָה noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
תּוֹצָאָה noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
תּוֹצָאָה noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Hindi

2 entries

नतीजा noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
परिणाम noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Hungarian

3 entries

következmény noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
következmény noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
okozat noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Icelandic

1 entries

afleiðing noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Indonesian

1 entries

akibat noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Irish

2 entries

iarmhairt noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
iarmhairt noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Italian

1 entries

conseguenza noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Japanese

1 entries

結果 noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Kazakh

2 entries

нәтиже noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
салдар noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Khmer

2 entries

ផលវិបាក noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
វិបាក noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Korean

1 entries

결과 noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

натыйжа noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Lao

1 entries

ຜົນ noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Latin

1 entries

cōnsequentia noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Macedonian

1 entries

последица noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Malay

1 entries

akibat noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

encam noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
netîce noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

følge noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
konsekvens noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Old English

1 entries

finta noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Pashto

2 entries

عاقبت noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
نتيجه noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Persian

3 entries

عاقبت noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
نتیجه noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
پی آمد noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Polish

3 entries

konsekwencja noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
następstwo noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
skutek noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Portuguese

4 entries

consequência noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
consequência noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
resultado noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
resultado noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Romanian

3 entries

consecință noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
consecvență noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
urmare noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Russian

3 entries

ито́г noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
после́дствие noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
сле́дствие noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

buil noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
buil noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
toradh noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
èifeachd noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

pòsledica noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
pòsljedica noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
по̀следица noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
по̀сљедица noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Slovak

2 entries

dôsledok noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
následok noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Slovene

1 entries

posledica noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Spanish

2 entries

consecuencia noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
consecuencia noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Swedish

2 entries

konsekvens noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
konsekvens noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Tajik

2 entries

натиҷа noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
оқибат noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Tamil

3 entries

பின்விளைவு noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
விளைவு noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
விளைவு noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Thai

4 entries

ผล noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
ผล noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)
ผลลัพธ์ noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
ผลลัพธ์ noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Tocharian B

2 entries

oko noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
oko noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Turkish

2 entries

netice noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
sonuç noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Turkmen

1 entries

netije noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Ukrainian

3 entries

на́слід noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
на́слідок noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
результа́т noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Urdu

1 entries

نتیجہ noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئاقىۋەت noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Uzbek

2 entries

natija noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
oqibat noun (that which follows something on which it depends)

Vietnamese

2 entries

hậu quả noun (that which follows something on which it depends)
hậu quả noun (result of actions, especially unpleasant)

Sample sentences

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It is of little consequence to me.

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What happened in consequence?

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The consequence was that she lost her job.

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But the rise in prices is a consequence of that policy.

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