consequential
Syllables: con·se·quen·tial/ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/US/ˌkɑnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/
consequential adjective: following as a result.
Adjective
consequential (comparative more consequential, superlative most consequential)
- Following as a result.
- Having significant consequences; of importance.
- The more profound and consequential the issue, the more stubborn our denial.2023 September 18, Charles Hugh Smith, The Peculiar Power of Denial
- Synonyms:
- considerable, important
- Important or significant.
- Self-important.
- He was a very short, fat little man, with immensely long grey side-whiskers, and a most consequential manner.1919, Lord Frederic Hamilton, The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday, page 69
consequential meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam
consequential in Hindi
- परिणामात्मक
consequential in Marathi
- परिणामात्मक
consequential in Urdu
- لازمی, مابعد, ماحاصل, ذیلی, ضمنی
consequential in Malayalam
- resultant, resulting, ensuing
- തൽഫലമായ, ഫലമായ, അനന്തരഫലമായ, പരിണതഫലമായ, ആനുഷംഗിക, തജ്ജന്യമായ
- significant, important, major
- പ്രാധാനമായ, ഗൗരവമുള്ള, കാര്യമായ, സുപ്രധാനമായ, പ്രമുഖമായ, മുഖ്യമായ
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- consequential in Gujarati
- પરિણામાત્મક
Synonyms of consequential
Antonyms
Forms of consequential
| comparative | more consequential |
|---|---|
| superlative | most consequential |
Origin of consequential
From consequent + -ial.
Words formed from consequential
Phrases with consequential
Questions about consequential
- What does consequential mean?
- Consequential means following as a result.
- What is consequential in Hindi?
- Consequential in Hindi is परिणामात्मक. See Consequential meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is consequential?
- Consequential is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce consequential?
- Consequential is pronounced /ˌkɑnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/ (US).
Words near consequential in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: consequential (page history and authors); consequential (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); consequential (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); consequential (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consequential (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); consequential (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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