100 Linking Words for Coherent IELTS Writing

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Above all	most importantly
2.	Accordingly	as a result
3.	Actually	in fact
4.	After all	despite what was expected
5.	Afterwards	later in time
6.	All in all	overall
7.	Also	in addition
8.	Alternatively	as another option
9.	Although	despite the fact that
10.	Altogether	overall; in total
11.	As a consequence	as a result
12.	As a result	therefore
13.	As long as	provided that
14.	As well as	in addition to
15.	At first	initially
16.	At last	finally
17.	At the same time	simultaneously
18.	Because	for the reason that
19.	Besides	in addition
20.	By comparison	when compared
21.	By contrast	showing difference
22.	By the way	introducing a side point
23.	Consequently	as a result
24.	Conversely	in the opposite way
25.	Despite this	even so
26.	Due to	because of
27.	Equally	to the same extent
28.	Essentially	basically
29.	Even so	nevertheless
30.	Even though	despite the fact that
31.	Eventually	in the end
32.	Finally	at the end
33.	First	to begin with
34.	First of all	to start with
35.	For example	to illustrate
36.	For instance	for example
37.	For this reason	because of this
38.	Furthermore	in addition
39.	Generally	in most cases
40.	Hence	therefore
41.	However	but; in contrast
42.	In addition	also
43.	In brief	in short
44.	In conclusion	to sum up
45.	In contrast	showing difference
46.	In fact	actually
47.	In general	overall
48.	In other words	rephrasing the point
49.	In particular	specifically
50.	In short	briefly
51.	In spite of	despite
52.	In summary	to sum up
53.	In the first place	originally; firstly
54.	In the meantime	during this time
55.	In turn	as a consequence
56.	Indeed	in fact
57.	Instead	as a replacement
58.	Likewise	similarly
59.	Meanwhile	at the same time
60.	Moreover	in addition
61.	Nevertheless	despite that
62.	Next	then; following that
63.	Nonetheless	even so
64.	Not only… but also	adds a stronger second point
65.	Notwithstanding	despite
66.	Now	moving to a new point
67.	On balance	all things considered
68.	On the contrary	the opposite is true
69.	On the other hand	presenting another side
70.	Once	when; after
71.	Otherwise	if not; or else
72.	Overall	in general
73.	Rather	instead; more accurately
74.	Regardless	despite that
75.	Similarly	in the same way
76.	Since	because; given that
77.	So	therefore
78.	Specifically	in detail
79.	Still	nevertheless
80.	Subsequently	after that
81.	Such as	for example
82.	That is	namely
83.	Then	next
84.	Therefore	as a result
85.	Though	although
86.	Thus	therefore
87.	To begin with	at first
88.	To conclude	to finish
89.	To illustrate	to give an example
90.	To put it simply	in simpler terms
91.	To sum up	in summary
92.	Too	also
93.	Ultimately	in the end
94.	Unless	except if
95.	Until	up to the time
96.	What is more	in addition
97.	Whereas	while contrasting
98.	While	whereas; during
99.	With this in mind	considering this
100.	Without doubt	certainly