Synonyms of consequential

consequential

adjective

ˌkän(t)-sə-ˈkwen(t)-shəl 

1

as in resultant

coming as a result

his high-fat diet and the consequential weight gain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• resultant
• consequent
• due (to)
• attendant
• accompanying
• concomitant
• coincident

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• causal

2

as in important

having great meaning or lasting effect

the American Civil War is often regarded as the nation's most consequential event since its founding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• important
• significant
• major
• historic
• big
• meaningful
• substantial
• momentous
• tectonic
• monumental
• much
• exceptional
• eventful
• distinguished
• pivotal
• decisive
• earthshaking
• remarkable
• earth-shattering
• weighty
• noteworthy
• material
• serious
• notable
• strategic
• outstanding
• distinctive
• seminal
• prominent
• fatal
• worthy
• crucial
• valuable
• fateful
• great
• worthwhile
• impressive
• sincere
• earnest
• famous
• critical
• eminent
• grave
• key
• illustrious
• essential
• prestigious
• central
• all-important
• notorious
• heavy
• vital
• noble
• renowned
• preeminent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• small
• trivial
• unimportant
• insignificant
• minor
• inconsequential
• little
• negligible
• slight
• trifling
• inconsiderable
• worthless
• petty
• paltry
• unknown
• obscure
• anonymous
• nameless
• uncelebrated

3

as in smug

having too high an opinion of oneself

for such a consequential businessman, he's head of a rather small company

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smug
• important
• proud
• arrogant
• vainglorious
• vain
• domineering
• self-important
• selfish
• egotistic
• complacent
• confident
• egoistic
• conceited
• prideful
• pompous
• biggety
• bigheaded
• assured
• overweening
• self-satisfied
• self-conceited
• bombastic
• bumptious
• stuck-up
• assumptive
• blusterous
• swellheaded
• cavalier
• masterful
• supercilious
• boastful
• uppity
• uppish
• pontifical
• snobbish
• blustery
• cocky
• swaggering
• superior
• high-and-mighty
• braggy
• disdainful
• self-opinionated
• fastuous
• pretentious
• bragging
• snobby
• high-handed
• snooty
• haughty
• overconfident
• peremptory
• braggart
• self-assertive
• huffy
• high-hat
• imperious
• toplofty
• chesty
• presumptuous
• self-assured
• holier-than-thou
• self-confident
• presuming
• lofty
• patronizing
• condescending
• self-centered
• highfalutin
• self-asserting
• self-contented
• lordly
• self-dramatizing
• self-congratulatory
• self-adulatory
• self-affected
• self-glorifying
• self-gratulatory
• self-applauding
• self-promoting
• self-engrossed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• humble
• diffident
• timid
• egoless
• self-critical
• uncomplacent
• meek
• unassertive
• unassuming
• unpretentious
• down-to-earth
• self-reproachful
• self-doubting
• self-distrustful
• self-reproving
• shrinking
• sheepish
• introverted
• bashful
• shy
• mousy
• retiring
• unarrogant
• overmodest
• demure

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of consequential

The organization helped establish two of the field’s most consequential institutions, including Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

Atlanta is home to some of the most consequential and influential historically Black colleges and universities in the nation, with five campuses calling the city home. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

It is turned around by making a few consequential choices and executing them with discipline. — Basant Singh, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Bottoms and Jackson's disagreement could become increasingly consequential. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

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