Antonyms for coherent
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : koh-heer-uh nt, -her- |
Phonetic Transcription : koʊˈhɪər ənt, -ˈhɛr- |
Definition of coherent
Origin :- 1550s, from Middle French cohérent (16c.), from Latin cohaerentem (nominative cohaerens), present participle of cohaerere "cohere," from com- "together" (see co-) + haerere "to stick" (see hesitation).
- adj understandable
- His conversation for a moment or two was also coherent and timely.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Of course the conversation in Platitudes must be connected and coherent.
- Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 » by Various
- He tried to speak, but what he said was not coherent nor particularly intelligible.
- Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- She tried to speak, but her words were hardly audible or coherent.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- But her brain was too numbed for reasoning and for coherent thought.
- Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
- There was no keeping Leavitt to a coherent narrative about the missing Farquharson.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- Scientific knowledge should form a coherent and related whole.
- Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts
- Those about Eulenspiegel were first reduced to a coherent narrative in 1519.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- Here she had her first coherent thought: So that was why his chambers had been empty!
- Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy
- His Captain's danger was the one coherent thought in his mind.
- Extract from : « Captain Desmond, V.C. » by Maud Diver
Synonyms for coherent
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