100 Transition Words and Phrases Every English Learner Should Know

No.	Term	Definition
1.	A bit later	after a short time
2.	Above all	most importantly
3.	Accordingly	as a result
4.	Actually	in fact
5.	After that	following that
6.	Afterward	at a later time
7.	Again	one more time
8.	Also	in addition
9.	Alternatively	as another option
10.	Although	despite this
11.	As a result	because of this
12.	At first	in the beginning
13.	At last	finally
14.	At the same time	simultaneously
15.	Because	for this reason
16.	Before long	soon
17.	Besides	in addition
18.	Briefly	in short
19.	By contrast	showing difference
20.	By the way	introducing a side note
21.	Consequently	as a result
22.	Conversely	in the opposite way
23.	Despite that	even so
24.	During	throughout a time
25.	Earlier	at a previous time
26.	Either way	in any case
27.	Elsewhere	in another place
28.	Even so	nevertheless
29.	Eventually	in the end
30.	Finally	at the end
31.	For example	to illustrate
32.	For instance	as an example
33.	For that reason	because of that
34.	For this purpose	to achieve this goal
35.	Furthermore	in addition
36.	Generally	in most cases
37.	Given that	considering that
38.	Gradually	little by little
39.	Hardly	almost not
40.	Hence	therefore
41.	However	but
42.	In addition	also
43.	In any case	regardless
44.	In brief	in short
45.	In conclusion	to finish
46.	In contrast	showing difference
47.	In fact	actually
48.	In general	overall
49.	In other words	said differently
50.	In particular	specifically
51.	In short	briefly
52.	In summary	to sum up
53.	In the meantime	while waiting
54.	In turn	as a result
55.	Indeed	certainly
56.	Instead	as a replacement
57.	Just as	in the same way
58.	Lastly	finally
59.	Later on	afterward
60.	Likewise	similarly
61.	Meanwhile	at the same time
62.	More importantly	with greater importance
63.	Moreover	in addition
64.	Most importantly	above all
65.	Nevertheless	despite that
66.	Next	after that
67.	No matter what	regardless of circumstances
68.	Nonetheless	even so
69.	Not only that	in addition
70.	Now	at this point
71.	On the contrary	showing the opposite
72.	On the other hand	from another view
73.	Once	after a single time
74.	Otherwise	if not
75.	Overall	considering everything
76.	Previously	earlier
77.	Rather	instead
78.	Regardless	despite everything
79.	Similarly	in the same way
80.	Since	because
81.	So	therefore
82.	Soon	in a short time
83.	Specifically	in particular
84.	Still	nevertheless
85.	Subsequently	afterward
86.	Such as	for example
87.	Suddenly	all at once
88.	That is	in other words
89.	Then	next
90.	Therefore	for that reason
91.	Thus	as a result
92.	To begin with	first
93.	To conclude	to finish
94.	To sum up	in summary
95.	Ultimately	in the end
96.	Unless	except if
97.	Until then	up to that time
98.	Usually	most of the time
99.	Vice versa	the other way around
100.	Whereas	while in contrast