135 Transition Words and Phrases
To Help Improve Your Prose
To provide another point
- Additionally
- And
- Along with
- Also
- Another reason
- As well (as)
- Besides
- Further
- Furthermore
- In addition
- Moreover
Nor
- To X, Y adds Z
- What is more
To conclude
- Accordingly
- All in all
- Consequently
- Hence
- In brief
- In conclusion
- In short
- In sum
- In summary
- In the end
- Then
- Therefore
- Thus
- To summarize
To extract the essence
- At bottom
- At its core
- At its root
- In effect
- In essence
- In the end
- The bottom line is that
To show cause and effect
- And so
- And therefore
- And thus
- As a result
- Because
- For
- For that reason
- In consequence
- On that basis
- So
- That is why
- To that end
- To this end
- With that in mind
To draw an analogy or comparison
- As in X, Y
- As with X, Y
- By analogy
- By extension
- Here
- In each case
- In like manner
- In the same way
- Just as X, so Y
- Like X, Y
- Likewise
- Similarly
- So to here
- So too with
To draw a contrast
- At the same time
- But
- By contrast
- Despite
- For all that
- Instead
- However
- In contrast
- In the meantime
- Nevertheless
- Not
- Rather
- Unlike (in)
- Yet
To give an example
- As an example
- As in
- By way of example
- First, second, third, etc.
- For example
- For instance
- For one thing
- Imagine (as first word of sentence)
- Including
- In that regard
- Like
- Say
- Such as
- Suppose (as first word of sentence)
- Take (as first word of sentence)
- To illustrate
To concede a point or to preempt a counterargument
- All of that may be true, but
- All the same
- Although
- At least
- At the same time
- Even assuming
- Even if
- Even so
- Even still
- Even though
- Even under
- For all that
- Of course
- On the other hand
- Otherwise
- Still
- That said
- Though some might argue
- To be sure
- True enough
To redirect
- At any rate
- (Even) more to the point
- In all events
- In any event
To emphasize or expand
- Above all
- All the more because
- All the more reason
- All the more X because Y
- By extension
- Especially
- Even more (so)
- If anything
- In effect
- In fact
- In other words
- In particular
- Indeed
- Not only X, but (also) Y
- Particularly
- Put another way
- Put differently
- Simply put
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