Antonyms for cogent

Grammar : Adj

Spell : koh-juh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkoʊ dʒənt

Definition of cogent

Origin : 1650s, from French cogent "necessary, urgent" (14c.), from Latin cogentem (nominative cogens), present participle of cogere "to curdle; to compel; to collect," literally "to drive together," from com- "together" (see co-) + agere "to drive" (see act (n.)).

adj effective

Example sentences :

Also she would have cogent reason for keeping such a part in the affair a secret.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Considering his great distress, the reasons must have been cogent indeed.
Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga

That's the most cogent thought you ever had, but setting the date is the bride's business.
Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith

The Master was unimpeachable; His terse, cogent assertions were unanswerable.
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

And yet they have the broadest meaning and the most cogent application.
Extract from : « The Life Radiant » by Lilian Whiting

The style is very felicitous, and the reasoning clear and cogent.
Extract from : « The Testimony of the Rocks » by Hugh Miller

And he can always give you the most cogent reasons for the faith that is in him.
Extract from : « The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays » by Ambrose Bierce

How cogent this necessity is appears directly the alternative is stated.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs » by R. F. Horton

Can we not find here the most cogent reasons for giving up the world?
Extract from : « Elijah the Tishbite » by C. (Charles) H. (Henry) Mackintosh

He adduces a cogent reason for thisNot as fools, but as wise.
Extract from : « The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World » by Thomas Wood

Synonyms for cogent

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