Transition Words and Linking Words

What are Transition Words and Linking Words?

Generally speaking Transition Words and Linking Words describe the relationship between two statements, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs.These statements can be dependent or independent.

Examples:

• Although the sun was shining it was still really cold!
• At this time in our history.
• These statements which, although literally true, are nevertheless misleading.
• I’m so happy I got the job; however, I’ll have to travel more often.
• If she did not heed the warning, she would surely die!
• You have no reason to go there unless you’re particularly interested in writing a book.
• The apartment is temporarily vacant.
• In addition to reading books in English, you should do lots of exercises.

To help you study and use Transition Words and Linking Words we’ve grouped them in 8 categories:

1. Example | Emphasis | Support | Demonstration | Illustration
2. Addition | Agreement | Understanding | Supplement | Similarity | Connection | Relationship
3. Opposition | Disagreement | Contradiction | Resistance | Limitation | Conflict
4. Reason | Cause | Condition | Purpose | Grounds | Basis
5. Consequence | Outcome | Effect | Result | Repercussion
6. Conclusion | Ending | Summary | Restatement | Finish
7. Chronology | Time | Moment | Occasion | Sequence | Instant | Stage | Phase | Period | Interval | Date
8. Location | Place | Position| Space | Site | Scene

Transition Words and Linking Words

• Tables with words in alphabetical order.
• Please note that many words can belong to more than one category depending of their meaning.

Example | Emphasis | Support | Demonstration | Illustration

These words give examples and support the ideas with the preceding statement or declaration. 

another key point	in this case	to clarify
as	including	to clarify and facilitate
as an illustration	indeed	to clarify more
by all means	like	to demonstrate
by way of illustration	markedly	to emphasize
certainly	most compelling evidence	to enumerate
chiefly	must be remembered	to explain
clearly	namely	to give an example
especially	notably	to give an instance
expressively	on the negative side	to give more details
first thing to remember	on the positive side	to have clarity
for example	point often overlooked frequently	to illustrate
for instance	significantly	to point out
for one thing	specifically	to put it another way
for this reason	such as	to put it differently
frequently	surely	to repeat
important to realize	surprisingly	to show
in detail	that is to say	to support
in fact	to assist	truly
in general	to be clear	with attention
in other words	to be sure	with this in mind
in particular	to certainly	with this purpose

• Here you can study and learn more about IN – ON – AT.
• Here you can study and learn more about TO vs FOR.

Addition | Agreement | Understanding | Supplement | Similarity | Connection | Relationship 

These words reinforce ideas, express agreement and understanding with the preceding statement or declaration. 

additionally	equally important	likewise
again	equivalently	moreover
also	evenly	not only … but also
and	first, second, third	not to mention
as	furthermore	of course
as a matter of fact	identically	similarly
as well as	in addition	then
by the same token	in like manner	to
comparatively	in the first place	to say nothing of
correspondingly	in the light of	together with
coupled with	in the same way	too
equally	like	uniquely

Opposition | Disagreement | Contradiction | Resistance | Limitation | Conflict

These words reinforce the opposition or disagreement with the preceding statement or declaration. 

above all	even so	nonetheless
after all	even supposing	notwithstanding
albeit	even though	notwithstanding that
although	for all that	on the contrary
although this may be true	having said that	on the other hand
anyhow	howbeit	or
anyway	however	or else
apart from that	if not	otherwise
as much as	in any other way	rather
at the same time	in contrast	regardless
be that as it may	in other respects	regardless of how
besides	in other ways	still
but	in reality	still and all
conversely	in spite of	then again
despite	in spite of the fact that	though
despite the fact that	in whatever way	unlike
despite the possibility that	instead	whereas
different from	natheless	while
differently	nevertheless	withal
even if	no matter how	yet

Reason | Cause | Condition | Purpose | Grounds | Basis

These words reinforce the reason or cause of the preceding statement or declaration. 

as	if and only if	owing to
at whatever time	if and when	provided that
because	if anything	seeing
because of	if only	since
being that	if so	so as to
considering that	in case	so long as
due to	in order to	so that
even if	in the event that	then
every time that	in the hope that	to the end that
except if	in view of	to the extent that
for fear that	inasmuch as	unless
for the purpose of	insofar as	when
for the reason that	lest	whenever
given that	on the condition	while
granted that	on whatever occasion	with this in mind
if	only	with this intention

Consequence | Outcome | Effect | Result | Repercussion

These words reinforce the consequence or outcome of the preceding statement or declaration. 

accordingly	for	so
as a consequence	for that reason	suitably
as a result	for this reason	that being so
because the	forthwith	that being the case
consequently	hence	then
consistently	henceforth	therefore
correctly	in effect	thereupon
correspondingly	in that case	thus
duly	on that account	under those circumstances
fitly	properly	whence

Conclusion | Ending | Summary | Restatement | Finish

absolutely	for the most part	overall
after all	generally speaking	palpably
all in all	given these points	patently
all things considered	in a word	plainly
altogether	in any event	positively
as can be seen	in brief	sure
as has been noted	in conclusion	surely
as shown above	in either case	there are no two ways about it
assuredly	in essence	there is no denying it
beyond any doubt	in fact	to sum up
beyond any question	in short	to summarize
beyond doubt	in summary	transparently
beyond question	in the final analysis	ultimately
by a mile	in the long run	unavoidably
by and large	incontestably	undeniably
categorically	incontrovertibly	undoubtedly
certainly	indubitably	unequivocally
clearly	inevitably	unmistakably
decidedly	irrefutably	unquestionably
definitely	needless to say	usually
doubtless	obviously	without any doubt
easily	on balance	without doubt
far and away	on the whole	without fail
for sure	ordinarily	without question

Chronology | Time | Moment | Occasion | Sequence | Instant | Stage | Phase | Period | Interval | Date

about	for the present	now that
after	for the time being	nowadays
all of a sudden	formerly	occasionally
as long as	forthwith	on the spot
as quickly as possible	from time to time	once
as soon as	further	presently
as soon as possible	hence	prior to
at once	henceforth	quickly
at present	here and now	right now
at the minute	immediately	shortly
at the moment	in a moment	simultaneously
at the present moment	in due time	since
at the present time	in the first place	sooner or later
at the same time	in the interim	straight away
at this instant	in the interval	suddenly
at this moment in time	in the intervening period	temporarily
at this time	in the meantime	the while
before	in the meanwhile	then
by the time	in time	there and then
concurrently	instantly	till
currently	just now	to begin with
during	last	until
eventually	later	until now
finally	meantime	up to the present time
first, second, third…	meanwhile	when
for now	next	whenever
for the moment	now	without delay

• Here you can study and learn more about Verb Tenses in English.

Location | Place | Position| Space | Site | Scene

above	from	not subject to
above all	further	on
above-stated	further down than	on this side
across	further on	on top of
adjacent to	here	opposite to
alongside	here and there	over
amid	higher than	over and above
among	in a later place	overlooking
antecedent	in excess of	precedent
around	in front of	preceding
at the bottom	in preference to	previous
at the end	in the background	previously
at the later point	in the center of	rather than
atop	in the distance	right
before	in the foreground	smaller than
behind	in the middle	superior to
below	inferior to	surpassing
beneath	left	there
beside	less than	to the left
between	lower than	to the right
beyond	more than	under
down	near	underneath
earlier	nearby	up
exempt from	next	upon
following	not as much as	where
former	not so much as	wherever

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