thereby

Adverb

• By that means or as a result of that.
• by that means or because of that
  • "He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth"

Adv

• By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that.

Examples

• He played "QUIXOTIC," THEREBY scoring an impressive 80 points and winning the Words With Friends game.
• I enrolled in Old English classes and thereby learned a lot about Germanic languages.

Synonyms

eo ipso, therefore

Related Words

1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form, henceafter, henceforth, henceforward, henceforwards, hencefrom, hereabout, hereabouts, hereabove, hereafter, hereafters, hereagainst, herealong, hereamong, hereamongst, hereanent, hereat, hereaway, herebefore, herebelow, herebeneath, herebeyond, hereby, herefor, herefore, hereforth, hereforward, hereforwards, herefro, herefrom, herehence, herein, hereinabove, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinbelow, hereinelsewhere, hereinsoever, hereinto, hereinunder, heremid, hereof, hereon, hereonto, hereout, hereover, herethrough, herethroughout, hereto, heretofore, heretoward, hereunder, hereunto, hereupon, herever, herewith, herewithal, herewithin, herewithout, hitherto, hitherunto, hitherward, hitherwards, howbeit, however, howso, howsoever, howsomedever, howsomever, thataway, thatwise, thenceafter, thenceforth, thenceforward, thenceforwards, thencefrom, thenceout, thereabout, thereabouts, thereabove, thereacross, thereafter, thereafters, thereagain, thereagainst, therealong, thereamid, thereamidst, thereamong, thereamongst, thereanent, therearound, thereas, thereat, thereatop, thereaway, therebefore, therebehind, therebelow, therebeneath, therebeside, therebetween, therebetwixt, therebeyond, therefor, therefore, thereforth, therefro, therefrom, therehence, therein, thereinabove, thereinafter, thereinbefore, thereinbelow, thereinto, thereinunder, theremid, thereof, thereon, thereonto, thereout, thereoutside, thereover, theresoever, therethrough, therethroughout, thereto, theretofore, theretoward, theretowards, thereunder, thereuntil, thereunto, thereup, thereupon, therever, therewith, therewithal, therewithin, therewithout, thisaway, thiswise, thitherinsoever, thitherto, thitherward, thitherwards, whatever, whatso, whatsoever, whatsomedever, whatsomever, whatwise, whenabout, whenabouts, whenas, whenceafter, whenceforth, whenceforward, whencefrom, whencever, whenceward, whencewards, whenever, whenso, whensoever, whensomever, whereabout, whereabouts, whereabove, whereacross, whereafter, whereafters, whereagainst, wherealong, whereamong, whereamongst, whereanent, wherearound, whereas, whereat, whereaway, wherebefore, wherebehind, wherebelow, wherebeside, wherebetween, wherebeyond, whereby, wherefor, wherefore, whereforth, wherefro, wherefrom, wherehence, wherein, whereinabove, whereinafter, whereinbefore, whereinbelow, whereinsoever, whereinto, whereinunder, whereinwhich, wheremid, whereof, whereon, whereonto, whereout, whereover, whereso, wheresoever, wheresomever, wherethrough, wherethroughout, whereto, wheretofore, wheretoward, wheretowards, whereunder, whereuntil, whereunto, whereup, whereupon, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal, wherewithin, wherewithout, whitherever, whitherinsoever, whitherso, whitherto, whithertofore, whitherward, whitherwards, whyever, whyfor, whyso, whysoever, —