RESULTING Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

resulting 1 of 2

adjective

as in resultant

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resulting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of result

as in redounding

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as in following

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Recent Examples of resulting

Verb

These incidents are most often natural, resulting from heart attacks or medical emergencies, but more rarely can be the result of accidents, suicide or violence. — Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for resulting

Adjective

This pace of growth means that every new generation of AI comes with an order-of-magnitude increase in energy, water demand and the resultant CO2 impact.

— Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The resultant pollution from the Canadian blazes spread across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio and even reached as far as Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Mississippi, according to the report.

— Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025

Definition of resultant

Verb

But 12 minutes later, following a hand ball call against Sporting, Eduard Lowen put a go-ahead penalty kick into the right side of the net.

— The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Officials finally directed her to a port facility that had been turned into an emergency morgue after countless bodies were unearthed from the rubble in the days following the earthquake.

— Susana Erazo, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of following

Adjective

The recovery has been further sidelined by Israel and the United States’ launching their February war on Iran and the consequent global shock to oil markets and spiking prices for mortgages and other types of borrowing.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 23 June 2026
The Iran war and the consequent global surge in energy prices is having a ripple effect on the war in Ukraine.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026

Definition of consequent

Verb

Since February, its general-purpose robots have been performing production work at a Toyota manufacturing plant in North America, progressing from an initial pilot to active factory operations in less than two months.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
In her absence, Hannah Solow and Jackie Sanders have been performing in the role of Mary Todd Lincoln and Mary’s Chaperone, respectively.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 July 2026

Definition of performing

Verb

Bailey, 24, was accused of knowing about the abuse that the child’s father, Steven Collins, inflicted on their son Kahleb and not intervening or reporting it, prosecutors alleged.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
Community health workers used to intervening with substance use disorder patients can prioritize people at risk of serious harm or death from alcohol.

— Isabella Cueto, STAT, 14 July 2026

Definition of intervening

Adjective

The amendment, considered on the floor as part of the annual National Security, Department of State, and related programs appropriations bill, saw 103 Democrats vote yes.

— Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2026
In related news, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the final case of Ebola that had been diagnosed in Uganda had been released from hospital on Thursday, starting the 42-day countdown to declare the country Ebola free.

— Helen Branswell, STAT, 16 July 2026