Antonyms for consistency
kənˈsɪs tən sicon·sis·ten·cy

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1. consistencynoun

   Antonyms:
   inconsistency

2. consistencynoun

   Antonyms:
   inconsistency

3. consistencynoun

   Antonyms:
   inconsistency

4. consistencynoun

   They want to achieve a high degree of consistency in their process and their product.

   Antonyms:
   inconsistency

5. consistencynoun

   Mix it until it has the consistency of a thick paste.

   Antonyms:
   inconsistency

6. consistencynoun

   Antonyms:
   inconsistency

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1. consistency

   When tones, thoughts, or feelings, individually different, combine to form a consistent and pleasing whole, there is harmony. Harmony is deeper and more essential than agreement; we may have a superficial, forced, or patched-up agreement, but never a superficial, forced, or patched-up harmony. Concord is less full and spiritual than harmony. Concord implies more volition than accord; as, their views were found to be in perfect accord; or, by conference concord was secured; we do not secure accord, but discover it. We may speak of being in accord with a person on one point, but harmony is wider in range. Conformity is correspondence in form, manner, or use; the word often signifies submission to authority or necessity, and may be as far as possible from harmony; as, the attempt to secure conformity to an established religion. Congruity involves the element of suitableness; consistency implies the absence of conflict or contradiction in views, statements, or acts which are brought into comparison, as in the different statements of the same person or the different periods of one man's life; unanimity is the complete hearty agreement of many; consent and concurrence refer to decision or action, but consent is more passive than concurrence; one speaks by general consent when no one in the assembly cares to make formal objection; a decision of the Supreme Court depends upon the concurrence of a majority of the judges. Compare AGREE; FRIENDSHIP; MELODY.

   Antonyms:
   antagonism, battle, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, disproportion, dissension, disunion, hostility, incongruity, inconsistency, opposition, schism, separation, variance, warfare

   Synonyms:
   accord, accordance, agreement, amity, concord, concurrence, conformity, congruity, consent, consonance, harmony, symmetry, unanimity, uniformity, union, unison, unity

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1. consistency

   Antonyms:
   volatility, vaporousness, subtility, tenuity, sublimation, incoherence, inconsistency, incongruity, disproportion, contrariety, contradiction

   Synonyms:
   consistence, congruity, composition, substance, material, amalgamation, compound, mass, density, solidity, closeness, compactness, coherence, uniformity, harmony, analogy, proportion

Matched Categories

1. • Coherence
   • Logic
   • Logicality
   • Property
   • Uniformity

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1. consistency, consistence, eubstance, bodynoun

   the property of holding together and retaining its shape

   "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"

   Antonyms:
   inconsistency

   Synonyms:
   dead body, trunk, torso, organic structure, physical structure, eubstance, soundbox, consistence, body

2. consistency, consistencenoun

   a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

   Antonyms:
   inconsistency

   Synonyms:
   eubstance, body, consistence

3. consistencynoun

   logical coherence and accordance with the facts

   "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency"

   Antonyms:
   inconsistency

   Synonyms:
   eubstance, body, consistence

4. consistencynoun

   (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another

   Antonyms:
   inconsistency

   Synonyms:
   eubstance, body, consistence

How to use consistency in a sentence?

1. Dominic Hodgson:

   The consistency of the growth is striking, the moss is right across Antarctic Peninsula.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

3. McCall Zerboni:

   I think it's exciting that we're number one and they're number two – that kind of shows the consistency of performance and success all year long and it shows the competitive level of each squad.

4. David Howman:

   They will say they don't fail tests because they're all doping free, they need to be dovetailed, so there is a consistency and a profile built up of players that is across all these particular programs.

5. R.W. Emerson, Self-Reliance:

   A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

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