coherent

[koh-heer-uhnt, -her-] / koʊˈhɪər ənt, -ˈhɛr- /

ADJECTIVE

understandable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comprehensible consistent intelligible logical lucid meaningful orderly rational reasoned systematic

WEAK

articulate identified organized sound

Antonyms

STRONGEST

confused disorderly irrational obscure unintelligible unmethodical unreasonable unsystematic

WEAK

disorganized incomprehensible not understandable unrational

Example Sentences

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But for now, No Kings is more a powerful slogan than a coherent strategy.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

A significant subset of them are formulaic in style—expository, structured, smooth, coherent and impersonal, traits that overlap with AI-generated prose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

She said the toddler was moving and looked coherent.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

To do this, a coherent receiver combines a weak quantum signal with a stronger reference beam and analyzes how they interfere.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

I did not find a coherent tradition marching lockstep but instead factions, and factions within factions.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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