Synonyms for coherence
koʊˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr-co·her·ence

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1. coherencenoun

   Antonyms:
   incoherence

2. coherencenoun

   Antonyms:
   incoherence

3. coherencenoun

   His arguments lacked coherence.

   Antonyms:
   incoherence

4. coherencenoun

   Antonyms:
   incoherence

5. coherencenoun

   Antonyms:
   incoherence

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesivenessnoun

   the state of cohering or sticking together

   Synonyms:
   gluiness, coherency, viscidness, tackiness, cohesion, ropiness, viscidity, cohesiveness, glueyness, gumminess

   Antonyms:
   incoherence, incoherency

2. coherence, coherencynoun

   logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts

   Synonyms:
   cohesiveness, cohesion, coherency

   Antonyms:
   incoherence, incoherency

Matched Categories

1. • Comprehensibility
   • Connectedness

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. coherencenoun

   Synonyms:
   cohesion, union, connection, dependence

2. coherencenoun

   Synonyms:
   consistency, congruity, correspondence, harmony, agreement

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1. List of paraphrases for "coherence":

   consistency, cohesion, coherency, coherent, consistent, cohesiveness, uniformity, compatibility, interdependence, unity

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1. Jonathan Hillman:

   This has the potential to undermine the Belt and Road coherence and its ability to achieve the goals that Chinese officials actually talk about.

2. The Global Zero report:

   At the brink of conflict, nuclear command and warning networks around the world may be besieged by electronic intruders whose onslaught degrades the coherence and rationality of nuclear decision-making.

3. The FARC:

   Common sense indicates that there is no coherence between the words that exalt the ceasefire and those that order to intensify the war.

4. El Chapo:

   Despite El Chapo apparent demise and El Chapo extradition to Famous US extradition casesThailand -- and I do consider El Chapo apparent demise a final demise -- and the inability of El Chapo children to take over the organization, Sinaloa has kept a degree of coherence because of El Chapo apparent demise business model.

5. Don DeLillo:

   If we are on the outside, we assume a conspiracy is the perfect working of a scheme. Silent nameless men with unadorned hearts. A conspiracy is everything that ordinary life is not. It's the inside game, cold, sure, undistracted, forever closed off to us. We are the flawed ones, the innocents, trying to make some rough sense of the daily jostle. Conspirators have a logic and a daring beyond our reach. All conspiracies are the same taut story of men who find coherence in some criminal act.