The departmental heads, lost in petty argument, could not reach a cohesive decision.
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Cohesive
/kəʊˈhiː.sɪv/
Synonyms for "cohesive" (149 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Noun(11 words)
adhesive nailsbelonging orientedbinding effectbinding energybird flockclassroom social bondclay soilclose knitcollective identitycommunity cohesionconnective
Adjective(10 words)
anaphoriccoherentcoherent argumentcoherent explanationcoherent reasoningcomprehensive theme planconnectedconsistentcontinuous flowcoordinated network
Strong matches (45)
Noun(12 words)
corridor linkingdesign place value contentfamily cohesionfully integratedgroup votinginseparablesintegrated approachintegratingintegration of individual valuesinterweavinginterweaving strandsknitting
Verb(5 words)
Adjective(12 words)
glueygluiergood team chemistryharmoniousholistic teachingintegratedintegrated earth scienceintegrated systemintegrated system modelintegrated teaching approachintegrative modelinterconnected system
Related words (74)
Noun(23 words)
learning coherencelike mindednessmore coherentmore integrativemost unitednarrative coherencenarrative unityproduct lineput togetherreunifyingsocial belongingsocial bondsocial solidaritysports teamsstory weavingstrong social bondstructural coherencestudent solidaritysystemically integratedtextual continuity
Adjective(28 words)
legatolinking devicelogicalnational unityorganizational function structureseamlessshared social bondsleeksocial cohesion strategysocial integrationsocial stabilitysocial-bondedstrong rapportstrong sense of belongingstrong team chemistrytextual supporttight-knituncranniedunfragmentedunified
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unified creedunified systemunitary systemunited stance unchangedwell organizedwell structuredwhole projectwhole system
Adverb(2 words)
more social-bondwell aligned project
Verb(1 words)
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4 entriescohesive argumentcohesive essaycohesive groupcohesive paragraph
Collocations
6 entriescohesive argumentcohesive culturecohesive essaycohesive groupcohesive paragraphcohesive team
Inflections
2 entriesmore cohesivemost cohesive
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
A text could be coherent but not cohesive, and vice versa.
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Their team is not very cohesive.
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None of those thoughts are cohesive nor do they make sense independently.
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