consequently

1. 1.

   (sentence connectors) because of the reason given

   “consequently, he didn't do it”

   “continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor”

   Synonymsaccordingly
2. 2.

   as a consequence

   “he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held”

   Synonymstherefore

Questions about consequently

What does consequently mean?

consequently means "(sentence connectors) because of the reason given". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in consequently?

consequently has 4 syllables: con-seq-uent-ly. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑnsəkwəntli/.

What is another word for consequently?

Close synonyms include accordingly, therefore. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is consequently a common word?

consequently is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.