Linking words or transition words are words phrases used to connect one idea to the next. Learn linking words list in English.
ADDITION
- In addition
- And
- Similarly
- Likewise
- As well as
- Besides
- Another
- Furthermore
- Also
- Moreover
- And then
- Too
- Not only … but also
- Even
- Besides this
- In the same way
SEQUENCE
- Firstly
- Initially
- In the first stage
- One reason
- To begin with
- Secondly
- Another reason
- Another advantage
- Then
- Earlier
- Later
- After this
- At this point
- Following this
- A further reason
- In the final stage
- The final reason
CONSEQUENCE
- As a result
- Thus
- So
- Therefore
- Consequently
- It follows that
- Thereby
- Eventually
- Then
- In that case
- Admittedly
CONTRAST
- However
- On the other hand
- Despite
- In spite of
- Though
- Although
- But
- On the contrary
- Otherwise
- Yet
- Instead of
- Rather
- Whereas
- Nonetheless
- Even though
- In contrast
- Alternatively
CERTAINLY
- Obviously
- Certainly
- Plainly
- Of course
- Undoubtedly
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REASON
- Since
- As
- So
- Because
- Due to
- Owing to
- The reason why
- In other words
- Leads to
- To
- Cause of
- In order to
- Causes
CONDITION
- If
- Unless
- Whether
- Provided that
- Depending on
SUMMARY
- In conclusion
- In summary
- Lastly
- Finally
- To sum up
- To conclude
- To recapitulate
- In short
