Consequence

Noun

 * 1) That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
 * 2) A result of actions.
 * 3) A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.
 * 4) Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
 * 5) Importance with respect to what comes after.
 * 6) The power to influence or produce an effect.

Adjectives for Consequence
natural; territorial; eventual; disastrous; cruel; tremendous; necessary; self-evident; dramatic; dire; logical; inevitable; direct; lurking; ambushed; far-reaching; political; educational; perilous; unavoidable; permanent; favorable; momentous; sensational; serious; instantaneous; important; natural; surprising; paramount; probable; horrible; evil; debasing; fruitful; deplorable; certain; fatal; utmost; ethical; awful; unexpected; deepest; unforeseen; equivalent; temporal; invisible; viewless; heavy; mechanical; mischievous; injurious; dreadful; remoter; unshunned; catastrophic; desirable; possible; incalculable; wretched;disagreeable; appalling; wonderful; beneficent; brilliant; obvious; patent; inescapable; vital; enormous; tragic; devastating; demoralizing; calamitous; unhappy; embarrassing; ultimate; physiological; emotional; social; financial; moral; risky; comical; small; foolish; involved; detailed; legal.

Verbs for Consequence
abide by—; appreciate—; avert—; balk at—; conceal—; dread—; deter by— escape—;  face—;  ignore—; portray— realize—; shun—; suffer—; torment by— —ensues; —follows; —results in.

Thesaurus
conclusion, connotation, consequent, consequentiality, consideration, conspicuousness, continuance, continuation, control, corollary, credit, deduction, denotation, derivation, derivative, descendant, development, dignity, distillate, distinction, dominance, domination, double take, drift, dying words, dynasty, effect, egoism, egotism, elevation, eminence, emphasis, enchantment, envoi, epilogue, essence, esteem, event, eventuality, eventuation, exaltation, excellence, exigency, extension, fame, favor, follow-through, follow-up, force, fruit, gist, glory, good feeling, grammatical meaning, grandeur, greatness, harvest, heir, heroism, high mightiness, high order, high rank, hold, honor, idea, illation, impact, implication, import, importance, incidental power, induction, inference, influence, influentiality, influentialness, insinuation, intension, interest, issue, last words, leadership, legacy, leverage, lexical meaning, line, lineage, literal meaning, loftiness, logical outcome, magnanimity, magnetism, magnitude, majesty, mark, mastery, materiality, meaning, merit, moment, momentousness, narcissism, need, nobility, notability, note, offshoot, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, outstandingness, overtone, paramountcy, parting shot, peroration, personality, persuasion, pertinence, pith, point, position, posterity, postface, postfix, postlude, postscript, potency, power, practical consequence, precedence, precipitate, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, pressure, prestige, pride, primacy, priority, product, prominence, purchase, purport, range of meaning, rank, real meaning, reference, referent, refrain, reign, relation, relevance, renown, reputation, repute, result, resultant, rule, say, scope, second thought, self-importance, semantic cluster, semantic field, seniority, sense, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequelant, sequence, sequent, sequitur, significance, signification, significatum, signifie, span of meaning, spirit, standing, state, stature, stress, structural meaning, suasion, sublimity, subscript, substance, subtle influence, successor, suffix, suggestion, sum, sum and substance, supereminence, superiority, supplement, supremacy, swan song, sway, symbolic meaning, tag, tenor, totality of associations, transferred meaning, unadorned meaning, undertone, upper hand, upshot, vainglory, value, weight, weightiness, whip hand, worth, PS, Parthian shot, accent, addendum, affective meaning, aftereffect, aftermath, afterthought, amour propre, appendix, ascendancy, authority, back matter, bearing, by-product, cachet, charisma, charm, chorus, clout, coda, codicil, colophon, coloring, complacence, complacency, conceitedness, concern, concernment,

Synonyms

 * value
 * moment
 * rank
 * distinction
 * repercussion

Related terms

 * consequential

Translations

 * Afrikaans: gevolg
 * Bulgarian: следствие
 * Catalan: conseqüència
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 後果, 后果, 結果, 结果
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: conséquence


 * German: ,
 * Greek: συνέπεια
 * Hebrew: תוצאה
 * Hungarian:, okozat
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: 結果
 * Polish: konsekwencja
 * Russian: последствие, следствие
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Afrikaans: gevolg
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: conseqüència
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:


 * German: ,
 * Greek: συνέπεια
 * Hebrew: תוצאה
 * Hungarian:
 * Persian: پی آمد
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: извод,


 * Finnish:


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 * Bulgarian: ,


 * Bulgarian: влиятелност


 * German: