Word Meanings - COHERE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass. Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together. Locke. 2. To be united or connected together in subordination

Additional info about word: COHERE

1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass. Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together. Locke. 2. To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent. They have been inserted where they best seemed to cohere. Burke. 3. To suit; to agree; to fit. Had time cohered with place, or place with wishing. Shak. Syn. -- To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be consistent.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COHERE)

• Adhere
• Stick
• cohere
• cleave
• hold
• attach
• unite
• fix
• join
• cling
• Coalesce
• Harmonize
• blend
• mix
• combine
• amalgamate
• Hold
• Keep
• grasp
• retain
• support
• restrain
• defend
• maintain
• occupy
• possess
• sustain
• regard
• consider
• continue
• have
• Unite
• Join
• link
• associate
• coalesce
• embody
• merge
• be mixed
• conjoin
• connect
• couple
• add
• incorporate
• with
• concatenate
• integrate
• converge

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of COHERE)

• Miss
• overlook
• disregard
• despise
• dislike
• contemn
• hate
• loathe
• misconsider
• misconceive
• misestimate
• misjudge
• Drop
• betray
• surrender
• abandon
• discontinue
• oppose
• discourage
• weaken
• exhaust
• thwart
• discountenance
• disfavor
• subvert
• suppress

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