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)
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. - NECTARINE
Nectareous. Milton. - SOLIDARE
A small piece of money. Shak. - 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. - ONTOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to ontology. - METALOGICAL
Beyond the scope or province of logic. - 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 - OROLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to orology.