consistent
1. (sometimes followed by 'with') in agreement or consistent or reliable (Freq. 7)
- testimony consistent with the known facts
- "I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war"- FDR
• Ant:
inconsistent
• Similar to:
accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant, concordant,
pursuant, reconciled, self-consistent, unchanging
• See Also:
invariable
• Derivationally related forms:
consistency
2. capable of being reproduced
- astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained
• Syn:
reproducible
• Ant:
unreproducible (for: reproducible)
• Similar to:
duplicable, duplicatable
• Derivationally related forms:
reproducibility (for: reproducible)
3. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
- a coherent argument
• Syn:
coherent, logical, ordered
• Ant:
incoherent (for: coherent)
• Similar to:
seamless
• See Also:
logical, rational
• Derivationally related forms:
consistence, coherency (for: coherent), coherence (for: coherent), cohere (for: coherent)
4. the same throughout in structure or composition
- bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product
• Syn:
uniform
• Similar to:
homogeneous, homogenous
• Derivationally related forms:
uniformness (for: uniform), uniformity (for: uniform)
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