Meanings
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 DenialSynonyms: 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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving significant consequences; of importance.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan conseqüent
- conseqüentfollowing as a result
German folglich, entsprechend
- folglichfollowing as a result
- entsprechendfollowing as a result
- demzufolgefollowing as a result
- folgerichtigfollowing as a result
- daraus folgendfollowing as a result
Spanish consiguiente
- consiguientefollowing as a result
Cite this entry
consequential. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consequential
“consequential.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consequential. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consequential,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consequential.
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