Connectives

These are useful words and phrases to know when writing an academic English
essay. As it can become quiet boring and repetitive to use the same words, here
is a chance for you to expand your vocabulary and make your essay look and
sound nice!

Note that some of these connectives may be used in other situations as well and
not just in the category they have been placed in.

Adding Information
And Comparing and Contrasting
Also Equally
As well as Likewise
Moreover Similarly
Too As with
Furthermore Like
in addition In the same way
likewise Whereas
in a similar way Instead of
similarly Alternatively
besides Otherwise
in like manner Unlike
indeed But
even nevertheless
let alone yet
by contrast
Ideas, arguments and events in a all the same
sequence order after all
Firstly conversely
Secondly On the other hand
Thirdly however
Finally still
Eventually rather
Then notwithstanding
Next for all that
Meanwhile despite this
Afterwards on the contrary
Whilst nonetheless
Since at the same time
Lastly though
Most importantly
Later Cause and Effect
Because
So
Cause and Effect (continued)
Therefore Emphasising (continued)
Thus Significantly
Consequently Indeed
in order that Notably
for
so that Examples
for that reason For example
as a result Such as
For instance
Concluding In the case of
therefore As revealed by
hence That is to say
all in all
all this evidence points to Explain Further On
so Although
in conclusion However
finally Unless
consequently Except
to sum up Apart from
as a result Yet
thus If
all this suggests that As long as
this resulted in Namely
all this leads to Such as
As already stated
In other words
Emphasising in other words
Above all That is
In particular
Especially