Word Meanings - COGENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

force; co- + agere to drive. See Agent, a., and cf. Coact to force, 1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. The cogent force of nature. Prior. 2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible;

Additional info about word: COGENT

force; co- + agere to drive. See Agent, a., and cf. Coact to force, 1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. The cogent force of nature. Prior. 2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted. No better nor more cogent reason. Dr. H. More. Proofs of the most cogent description. Tyndall. The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands, Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands. Cowper. Syn. -- Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive; convincing; conclusive; influential.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COGENT)

• Consequential
• Coherent
• connected
• nected
• cogent
• logical
• pompous
• arrogant
• Effective
• Powerful
• conducive
• operative
• telling
• able
• potent
• talented
• efficacious
• efficient
• serviceable
• effectual
• Grave
• Sad
• serious
• momentous
• weighty
• pressing
• sedate
• demure
• thoughtful
• sober
• sombre
• solemn
• important
• aggravated
• heavy
• Strong
• vigorous
• solid
• secure
• fortified
• forcible
• impetuous
• hale
• hearty
• brawny
• sinewy
• sound
• robust
• influential
• zealous
• pungent muscular
• hardy
• stanch
• tenacious
• Valid
• powerful
• substantial
• available
• sufficient
• conclusive

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of COGENT)

• Loosen
• betray
• surrender
• expose
• imperil
• endanger
• open
• liberate
• free

Related words: (words related to COGENT)

• FORTIFIABLE
  Capable of being fortified. Johnson.
• DEMURE
  good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F. m, fr. L. mores manners, morals ; or more prob. fr. OF. meür, F. mûr mature, ripe in a phrase preceded by de, as de 1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest
• SERIOUS
  1. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease. Macaulay. 2. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting
• CONCLUSIVELY
  In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. Burke.
• AVAILABLENESS
  1. Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title. 2. Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended. Sir M. Hale.
• GRAVES
  The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.
• SOLIDARE
  A small piece of money. Shak.
• NECTARINE
  Nectareous. Milton.
• GRAVEDIGGER
  See T (more info) 1. A digger of graves.
• SOLEMNIZATION
  The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.
• CONNECTOR
  One who, or that which, connects; as: A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments. A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact.
• CONCLUSIVENESS
  The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness.
• SOLEMNIZE
  1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker. 2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. Their choice nobility and flowers
• STANCH
  akin to Pr., Sp., & Pg. estancar, It. stancare to weary, LL. stancare, stagnare, to stanch, fr. L. stagnare to be or make 1. To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound. Iron or a stone
• TALENT
  tolerare, tollere, to lift up, sustain, endure. See Thole, v. t., 1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minæ or 6,000 drachmæ. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination
• AGGRAVATING
  1. Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances. 2. Exasperating; provoking; irritating. A thing at once ridiculous and aggravating. J. Ingelow.
• SEDATE
  Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper. Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• SOLEMN
  Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman. Greenleaf. Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2. Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious;
• POWERFUL
  Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
• MARTYROLOGIC; MARTYROLOGICAL
  Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.
• HOROLOGICAL
  Relating to a horologe, or to horology.
• ELECTRO-MUSCULAR
  Pertaining the reaction of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.
• EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
  Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology.
• ANTHROPOLOGIC; ANTHROPOLOGICAL
  Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man. "Anthropologic wisdom." Kingsley. -- An`thro*po*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
• PATELLULA
  A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain insects.
• SOCIOLOGIC; SOCIOLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science. -- So`ci*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
• METALOGICAL
  Beyond the scope or province of logic.
• ONTOLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to ontology.
• HIGH-SOUNDING
  Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
• FOOLHARDY
  Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell. Syn. -- Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.
• INSUFFICIENTLY
  In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.
• RESOUND
  resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame