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Definition
sensible and clear; or describing parts as fitting together in a consistent or pleasing mannerA comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of coherent such as one used in physics.
- She is more coherent now than she was just after the accident an hour ago.
coherent = sensible and clear; or describing parts as fitting together in a consistent or pleasing manner
- Her argument is coherent.
- He'd try to bring the night into focus, willing coherence, but the effort would only cause distortions.Tim O'Brien -- The Things They Carried
- She was coherent, but barely; she was tired, the drugs made her woozy, and she kept closing her eyes.Sarah Dessen -- Someone Like You
- She sat twisting her hands together, almost weeping, appealing incoherently to Poirot.Agatha Christie -- The ABC Murders
- It was time to put all of the pieces together, make coherence where before there had been none.Toni Morrison -- The Bluest Eye
- He was completely incoherent when he was drunk, but when sober he was one of the chief philosophers of the Corner.James McBride -- The Color of Water
- It was difficult to think or write coherently.Jean Rhys -- Wide Sargasso Sea
- You are unable to think coherently.Ken Kesey -- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- They're nearly incoherent between the alcohol they've consumed and their ecstasy at being at such a grand affair.Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
- He'll be incoherent by the time we reach the Capitol.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- Though her head was still revolving, Mira struggled to keep her speech coherent.J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
- wild gestures, incoherent words.Samuel Beckett -- Waiting for Godot
- About three o'clock the quality of Wilson's incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby
- Men were shaking hands, it did not matter with whom, and bubbling over in a general incoherent babel.Jack London -- The Call of the Wild
- Now, have I built up any coherent picture of things yet?Douglas Adams -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- ...struggling to form coherent sentences...Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- I was mumbling weak assurances, barely coherent,Stephenie Meyer -- The Host
- He tried; nothing came out but an incoherent mumble.James Dashner -- The Maze Runner
- Charlie grumbled incoherently at me until the food cut off his garbled complaint.Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
coherent = sensible and clear
coherence = logical consistency (in what he saw)
coherent = able to think logically and express herself clearly
incoherently = in an unclear manner (not understandable)
(editor's note: The prefix "in-" in incoherently means not and reverses the meaning of coherently. This is the same pattern you see in words like incomplete, independent, and inexpensive.)
coherence = clear sense (fitting the parts together in a logical manner)
incoherent = not logical or not understandable
(editor's note: The prefix "in-" in incoherent means not and reverses the meaning of coherent. This is the same pattern you see in words like incomplete, independent, and inexpensive.)
coherently = in a sensible and clear manner
coherently = clearly (in a sensible manner)
incoherent = unable to think clearly
(editor's note: The prefix "in-" in incoherent means not and reverses the meaning of coherent. This is the same pattern you see in words like incomplete, independent, and inexpensive.)
incoherent = unable to think logically
(editor's note: The prefix "in-" in incoherent means not and reverses the meaning of coherent. This is the same pattern you see in words like incomplete, independent, and inexpensive.)
coherent = sensible and clear
incoherent = not understandable (unclear)
(editor's note: The prefix "in-" in incoherent means not and reverses the meaning of coherent. This is the same pattern you see in words like incomplete, independent, and inexpensive.)
incoherent = not sensible, or not said clearly enough to be understood
(editor's note: The prefix "in-" in incoherent means not and reverses the meaning of coherent. This is the same pattern you see in words like incomplete, independent, and inexpensive.)
incoherent = not understandable (unclear)
(editor's note: The prefix "in-" in incoherent means not and reverses the meaning of coherent. This is the same pattern you see in words like incomplete, independent, and inexpensive.)
coherent = clear and sensible
coherent = logically consistent
coherent = reasonable and understandable
incoherent = not understandable
(editor's note: The prefix "in-" in incoherent means not and reverses the meaning of coherent. This is the same pattern you see in words like incomplete, independent, and inexpensive.)
incoherently = in an unclear manner (not understandable)
(editor's note: The prefix "in-" in incoherently means not and reverses the meaning of coherently. This is the same pattern you see in words like incomplete, independent, and inexpensive.)