Antonyms for wherefore
ˈʰwɛərˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr, ˈwɛər-wher·e·fore

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1. wherefore

   Therefore, signifying for that (or this) reason, is the most precise and formal word for expressing the direct conclusion of a chain of reasoning; then carries a similar but slighter sense of inference, which it gives incidentally rather than formally; as, "All men are mortal; Cæsar is a man; therefore Cæsar is mortal;" or, "The contract is awarded; then there is no more to be said." Consequently denotes a direct result, but more frequently of a practical than a theoretic kind; as, "Important matters demand my attention; consequently I shall not sail to-day." Consequently is rarely used in the formal conclusions of logic or mathematics, but marks rather the freer and looser style of rhetorical argument. Accordingly denotes correspondence, which may or may not be consequence; it is often used in narration; as, "The soldiers were eager and confident; accordingly they sprang forward at the word of command." Thence is a word of more sweeping inference than therefore, applying not merely to a single set of premises, but often to all that has gone before, including the reasonable inferences that have not been formally stated. Wherefore is the correlative of therefore, and whence of hence or thence, appending the inference or conclusion to the previous statement without a break. Compare synonyms for BECAUSE.

   Synonyms:
   accordingly, because, consequently, hence, then, thence, therefore, whence

Matched Categories

1. • Reason

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:3.7 / 3 votes

1. why, whereforenoun

   the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'

   Synonyms:
   why

How to use wherefore in a sentence?

1. John Milton:

   But wherefore thou alone Wherefore with theeCame not all hell broke loose Is pain to themLess pain, less to be fled, or thou than theyLess hardy to endure Courageous chief,The first in flight from pain, hadst thou allegedTo thy deserted host this cause of flight,Thou surely hadst not come sole fugitive.

2. Dante Alighieri:

   O human race born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou fall.

3. W. Somerset Maugham:

   The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore.

4. William Shakespeare, Richard III, V.iii:

   I shall despair. There is no creature loves me; And if I die no soul will pity me: And wherefore should they, since that I myself Find in myself no pity to myself?

5. William Shakespeare:

   Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo Deny thy father, and refuse thy name...

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