of consequence

ADJECTIVE

serious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dangerous deep difficult far-reaching grievous important major meaningful severe significant tough urgent

WEAK

arduous fateful fell formidable grave grim hard heavy laborious meaning business menacing momentous no joke no laughing matter operose out for blood playing hard ball pressing smoking sobering strenuous strictly business threatening ugly unamusing unhumorous worrying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm easy facile friendly insignificant little meaningless minor small trivial unimportant worthless

WEAK

flippant funny happy light unserious

Example Sentences

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Only by skillfully uniting the two groups—made easier to achieve by President Woodrow Wilson’s refusal to compromise—was Lodge able to prevent ratification and mark himself as a leader of consequence.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

And, yes, every action tends to have some kind of consequence, as you found out.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

To play somebody like that, and to allow myself to be blind to the feeling of consequence and to just shoot like a rocket, that was incredibly freeing and pleasurable.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

However, a few hours later he reported that: "So far we have not seen a wave of consequence."

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

Almost every peak of consequence in New England—Washington, Lafayette, Greylock, Monadnock, Ascutney, Moosilauke—stood etched in fine relief and looked ten times closer than it actually was.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

of consequence

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